On the positive side, I went to Costco today. That always helps the economy more than it should.No. We've never banned travel to Europe, cancelled the NCAA, NBA and NHL before. I'd say that alone adds up to $2B in lost revenue for the month of March.
H1N1 was also a pandemic virus that didn't go away soon.The numbers of those infected don't reflect the actual number of those infected. And, this ain't no seasonal flu. It's a pandemic virus that won't go away soon.
H1N1 was also a pandemic virus that didn't go away soon.
We'll see. Hopefully is begins to wind down in a few weeks, but will eventually pick up again in the southern hemisphere when the weather changes.Neither will this one. Buckle up.
We'll see. Hopefully is begins to wind down in a few weeks, but will eventually pick up again in the southern hemisphere when the weather changes.
Why are they hoarding if not for mass hysteria?
Oh the melodrama. Somewhere the world's tiniest violin is playing.
Honestly, what is going to spread this disease in the USA is lack of affordable health care, which is an election platform that Trump was AGAINST. I have friends in NYC, one of whom works in an ER there, and she said the Department of Health is only testing people who meet admission criteria to the hospital. This means most people who have it aren't even getting tested.
Do you understand? Our health care system is a mess. It's fragmented by privatization and non-uniform policy. Trump himself downplayed the seriousness of the disease at the outset because he was trying to preserve the economy; or have you forgotten that he himself said the #1 measure of the health of the U.S. is its economy? Well, the stock market is tanking now. Kudos.
The virus WILL spread and there's nothing we can do about it now. It's on our shores, and we lack the health care infrastructure to really prevent the spread. Millions of infected people without health care are not going to go to hospitals, or they will when it's already too late.
Do you understand yet??
It's not critical thinkers who spread disease. It's bad government. Did you even bother to read the links I posted? I'm assuming not.
Is there any comparison? Since this will get political, and many will call it a whataboutism, who again was VP during that time?
2009 flu pandemic in the United States - Wikipedia
Edit, bad wording on my part. Should read are the...and the ...comparable. Sorry
There is plenty that can be done to limit and slow the spread of disease. Listen to the experts. You are absolutely not in a position better than they to know.
I find your comments incredibly ignorant and righteous.
Not to mention, you have a reading comprehension problem. I never said to not take precautions. I actually said the complete opposite.
Re-read my posts and then get back to me.
Honestly, what is going to spread this disease in the USA is lack of affordable health care
The virus WILL spread and there's nothing we can do about it now
Do you understand?
Do you understand yet??
So we're three-four months in. Those stats cover about a year.
Time will tell. It's gonna get much worse in numbers. It's out and we have no idea near where or how many already.
I wish we had gone with "Well, this is gonna suck for a few months. But a little inconvenience now will be better than playing catch-up later."
What's 25% of 12,000?
Here I'll help you out.
Wrong. You can talk ignorance all you want but at least don't call someone else ignorant while posting this garbage. Health care costs aren't stopping the spread. Social distancing, hygience, isolation when sick will. You are not saying the opposite. You are discounting proven methods promoted by people who absolutely know more than you on the subject and spouting off political talking points in their place.
Again, there are lots of things that we can be doing.
As for you calling me self righteous, lets re-read more of your ignorant rant
As for if I understand....yes. I understand you have no idea what you are talking about. You have decided you know more than medical professionals and are touting ignorance above logic.
And I would end it the same way about going back and re-reading but you certainly don't strike me as the reading type and I don't want you to get back to me.
So we're three-four months in. Those stats cover about a year.
Time will tell. It's gonna get much worse in numbers. It's out and we have no idea near where or how many already.
I wish we had gone with "Well, this is gonna suck for a few months. But a little inconvenience now will be better than playing catch-up later."
It is more comparable to the AIDS epidemic in the 80's
The fatality rate is what separates this from H1N1. They are still gathering information, and not every case of COVID19 will be diagnosed so we'll never really know the exact number, but it seems it will be over 1% and some estimates have been up to 3%. That is a scare number if the virus spreads to the same number of people in the US or worldwide. Comparitively the H1N1 strain had a mortality rate of .01-.08%. If those rates hold and infections spreads the same or worse we'd be looking at somewhere between 500,000 - 2 million deaths in the US, more if it spreads further.
So we are at 41 deaths 4 months in.
You think it will be in the thousands in the next 8 months?
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S. | CDC
Well, nobody knows, do they?
We literally have no idea how many are currently infected, asymptomatically spreading it around.
None whatsoever.
The testing debacle is gonna come back on somebody, because somebody screwed the pooch.
Hell, we don't know how many have died from it with no explanation. Did they die of COVID? Or did they just die of pneumonia?
We.
Do.
Not.
Know.
So we are at 41 deaths 4 months in.
You think it will be in the thousands in the next 8 months?
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S. | CDC
Is there any comparison? Since this will get political, and many will call it a whataboutism, who again was VP during that time?
2009 flu pandemic in the United States - Wikipedia
Edit, bad wording on my part. Should read are the...and the ...comparable. Sorry
Exactly, so why the closing of schools and venues on speculation, and not informed speculation, as you said nobody knows.
Exactly, so why the closing of schools and venues on speculation, and not informed speculation, as you said nobody knows.
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