It's a little early to say that. Hospitals right now are full of viral pneumonias that haven't been able to be tested or results haven't come back yet. I expect we're in the thousands or hundreds of thousands.
I don't know why you're being downvoted. This is really, really serious.
In a matter of 1 week. To put it in perspective, my medical school this weekend canceled all rotations because they're pulling med students into a state task force. This has never, ever happened before and the hospitals/schools are losing a ton of money and risking a lot to do it. This is not a normal illness.
Yes. There have been several people who seemed to recover from ARDS, were weaned from the vent, and then developed vfib/asystole and died suddenly. The virus apparently gets into heart tissue as well as liver and kidney.
Yeah a bunch of my medical school classmates got very sick a few weeks ago- very high fevers, turning up to clinic looking literally green. (They got sent home obviously). Very possible it was the first wave going through the hospital.
It's not though. I'm a medical student and our city hospitals are seeing a big increase in viral pneumonias that aren't tested yet. Some of them turning into ARDS which is extremely dangerous, and also causing viral myocarditis which can give young people heart attacks days later. It's a very dangerous virus that seems to be able to directly invade alveoli and heart tissue. Don't panic but also please follow the president and CDC recommendations or our ERs and ICUs are not going to be able to handle it.
Thank you! I'm a 4th year medical student. I've seen what this does to a young person's lungs, let alone old and sick people. To ignore it is very dumb. But thanks to Trump and the incredible strength of our economy and health care innovation, we are going to get through it.