Italy is shut down. A region of China is (was?) shut down.
They had to resort to draconian measures because they ignored the spread of the virus until it was out of control. In Italy, you aren't even allowed out of your house except to obtain necessities.
Don't confuse some inconveniences with a shutdown. If we can slow down the spread of the virus to something our health care system can handle, we can avoid the fate of Italy, who is having to decide who gets to live and who is left to die. And we can avoid the almost total shutdown that has occurred in Italy.
I wrote a longer comment here that explains the numbers:
It's too early to tell, but it might be a similar reason to why the "Spanish flu" was so deadly. Half of the fatalities in the US were adults 20-40 years old.
Researchers believe the "Spanish flu" virus provoked a cykotine storm, which is basically an overreaction by a healthy immune system. The immune systems of children aren't as strong.
yea i looked into that a bit too and in 2017-2018 about 100 us children died of flu, total (for recorded cases). 50% had bad health conditions prior to catching it.
thats a very low number (if you search for it news articles will say its a high number.. but that seems extremely low to me). given the wuha virus has spread far less until now, it seems that infant death while not impossible is statistically unlikely. basically granted that covid19 is somewhat similar to the flu, that graph checks out
It's also likely that a lot of them died because of the unavailability of critical care (and ventilators).
That's what Italy is facing: they have to decide who gets life-saving treatment, and who doesn't. They don't have enough resources for all of their critical cases.
Just the fact that no one under 10 has died at all speaks volumes about what this virus is and what it isn't.
its definitely higher than the "common" flu for older people, but having the actual break down puts things into a proper perspective indeed.
in other words its something to care about more than normal, but not to put the country on shutdown for.
The US is not being shut down.
Italy is shut down. A region of China is (was?) shut down.
They had to resort to draconian measures because they ignored the spread of the virus until it was out of control. In Italy, you aren't even allowed out of your house except to obtain necessities.
Don't confuse some inconveniences with a shutdown. If we can slow down the spread of the virus to something our health care system can handle, we can avoid the fate of Italy, who is having to decide who gets to live and who is left to die. And we can avoid the almost total shutdown that has occurred in Italy.
I wrote a longer comment here that explains the numbers:
https://thedonald.win/p/4KFjkIR/x/c/Gbometq1?d=50
Hint: it isn't just the elderly at risk. It may be someone you know.
It's too early to tell, but it might be a similar reason to why the "Spanish flu" was so deadly. Half of the fatalities in the US were adults 20-40 years old.
Researchers believe the "Spanish flu" virus provoked a cykotine storm, which is basically an overreaction by a healthy immune system. The immune systems of children aren't as strong.
yea i looked into that a bit too and in 2017-2018 about 100 us children died of flu, total (for recorded cases). 50% had bad health conditions prior to catching it.
thats a very low number (if you search for it news articles will say its a high number.. but that seems extremely low to me). given the wuha virus has spread far less until now, it seems that infant death while not impossible is statistically unlikely. basically granted that covid19 is somewhat similar to the flu, that graph checks out
Only a 99% chance of survival for those under 50? Looks like this is the end...
85% chance of survival for people over 80 who are as likely to die from natural reasons. We're living in the end days.
I get why the MSM is so fawning over Corona and hoping it spreads. It has a 3-15% conversion rate of Republicans into Democrats.
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source https://www.smh.com.au/national/what-does-covid-19-do-to-the-body-and-what-s-it-like-to-have-the-illness-20200302-p5465a.html a decent article for once
It's also likely that a lot of them died because of the unavailability of critical care (and ventilators).
That's what Italy is facing: they have to decide who gets life-saving treatment, and who doesn't. They don't have enough resources for all of their critical cases.