Coronavirus/COVID-19

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Holy ****, it's out of control. I can't imagine what the headlines are going to be when we're reporting 2000 cases and 200 deaths a day here in the US.

Wow. This is terrible. Italy is really getting hit hard.

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[Celtic Esquire]

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Holy ****, it's out of control. I can't imagine what the headlines are going to be when we're reporting 2000 cases and 200 deaths a day here in the US.

What people don't realize is that the reason Italy's death rate has spiked is because they are simply running out of ICU beds and ventilators for people who really need (mostly older people and those with existing conditions). Italian doctors are rationing those beds and ventilators based on who they think will most likely recover and/or have long lives remaining. It's a terrible situation to put them in.

I also have a few close friends who are doctors at hospitals and they all told me that their ICU units are typically at 100% utilization.
If this thing spreads in the US, the hospitals will be overwhelmed and won't have the capability to handle the overflow. If that happens, the death rate here will spike exponentially.

[watsonthedragon]

It's pretty sad how quickly and easily all these NBA players/staff were able to get tests and it's still basically impossible for most citizens. I guess that's the US for you.

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If above statement was really made by the Rockets owner, Houston, you have a problem.

[London2Boston]

My sister’s university has essentially closed toda and told everyone to study at home as the virus has reportedly reached there. **** is getting very real.

Stay safe peeps.

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[zoyathedestroya]

Our boys are home, hopefully covid-free.

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[Darth Celtic]

I might be made to work at home, and i'm on the middle of nowhere.

People just need to stay home, stop traveling. If we just went to work and home, it would eventually stop. You don't need to go to vegas or on a cruise ship at this time. Stay home, watch netflix. Do some yard work. 1 person goes on a trip to visit family or vacation and comes back to a new city where there isn't a virus, and bam, 3000 people can get infected.

[Disinformation]

I'm in the Seattle area. My and everyone of my friends's schools are closed and we are are all working from home. This is an issue that needs us to be community-focussed. It may not be you or your family who are risk, but there are people at risk who need to be protected.

[3D Chess]

I might be made to work at home, and i'm on the middle of nowhere.

People just need to stay home, stop traveling. If we just went to work and home, it would eventually stop. You don't need to go to vegas or on a cruise ship at this time. Stay home, watch netflix. Do some yard work. 1 person goes on a trip to visit family or vacation and comes back to a new city where there isn't a virus, and bam, 3000 people can get infected.

Yeah I work in a large office in midtown Manhattan, and my company, who preaches safety as a #1 priority, has yet to issue the "work from home" directive, and I think it is crazy. Can't imagine that'll last much longer. They just shut down all broadway shows. Two subway rides per day are a real treat at the moment...

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[K For Three]

Our boys are home, hopefully covid-free.

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Thats Kemba in one of the bottom photos with a smile, kinda. He just.....smiles.

I swear nothing brings Kemba down.

[The Corey's]

Once you have it you cant get it again.

Assuming you pass it

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Apply this estimate to the mortality rate of your choice. 70 million people with a 0.5% mortality rate is 350,000 deaths in the US alone, and those might be on the lower end of estimates.

In what timeframe is this estimate by that doctor? China has 80k cases now over a 3 month period.

I wouldn't trust anything out of china. Italy has gone from zero to 12k in 19 days, though. Denmark had 30 cases two days ago, now 514. I think the range is too wide to say at this point, and we don't have enough data yet but I'm not a statistician or scientist. I do know that a virus will not spread linearly and that I'd rather governments be seen as freaking out at this stage than we look back in a month and say, wow, we really could have done a better job in preparing.

1. China have taken extreme methods in use to keep the virus under control. Welding doors to keep people in quarantine. I don't trust the numbers in China either, but i do think those extreme methods have helped getting the virus somewhat under control. I'm not expert either, but from what i've read it seems very unlikely that everyone with the virus seeks a doctor. I can imagine the real number being allmost twice as high as the reported number of 80k in China.

2. Again i'm only taking this from what i've heard and isn't an expert, so what i'm writing could be bull. I think one of the reasons the situation in Italy got out of hands very quickly is because Italy, Lombardia, was the 'epicenter' of the virus in Europe. Alot of people have been on vacation in Lombardia and alot of people from all of Europe have been there because of work aswell. So there have been a major outbreak of the virus in that region and therefore the health care capacity can't follow the demand - and then they have to choose who to save more or less. I think that's a huge reason why the death numbers are so high in Italy, because the outbreak started in Italy and the numbers of infected are so high locally that the health care system simply can't follow the demand.

Meanwhile we have seen outbreaks all across Europe aswell. But one key-point is that many of the infected originated from Italy and then the virus are more 'spread out' in other European countries, so those countries don't experince the same demands locally as Italy.

3. Before the virus came to Denmark we talked about it as it might never come to Denmark. Then it came and the authorities didn't make any regulations. Then more got infected and most of the infected came home from Italy and recently also Austria, Ischgl. So after the number of infected rose, Italy and other places became orange or red zones, meaning it required a 14-days quarantine after a trip to those areas. One talking point have been that flights from Italy with Italiens onboard didn't meat any restrictions and were free to go directly from the airport down to the metro and into the city and the mass quantity of people. Another thing is that alot of cases originates from Ischgl in Austria. More than 150(i think) have been infected after a skiing vacation in that area. It just recently (sunday) became a high-risk zone. Before that a number of people called in with symptoms of the coronavirus, but since it wasn't categorized as a high-risk zone they got told it wasn't anything - and then went out in the public afterwards. When it became a high-risk zone last sunday, those people suddenly got tested and alot got tested positive for the virus. Many of these people wasn't required to take a 14-day quarantine, so they walked around at public areas infecting others.

And then finally yesterday our Prime Minister basically declared a lockdown for the next 14 days. Now everyone who gets sick HAVE to take a 14-days quarantine and they don't have the capacity to test everyone with symptoms. As of right now they don't check in on those with mild symptoms but only focus on those in severe or crititcal condition. I don't know the english word for it, but a new hastelov 'rush-law' just came through giving police and the authorities the power to access people private property without a court order if someone isn't respecting the quarantine.

BTW. the lockdown isn't a complete lockdown. We can go out and shop what we need and some private companies still meets up on work - but the authorities have recommended private companies to work from home aswell. All in the public sector who doesn't possess a critical job, like doctors, police, pedagogues and so on is send home from tomorrow to work at home for the next 14 days. All school, universities and so on are shut down for the next 14 days.

4. Right, i totally agree. Better be overprepared or do too much instead of doing too little. Why are people still saying - "ehh, only 30 people have lost their lives, why are we making such a big thing out of this"? It doesn't make sense. If that's the mentality we don't have any chance of stopping or controlling this virus. Still seeing some in Denmark saying - "well why are people making such a big deal out of a flu, i'm not in the dangerzone, so i don't care". Wake up ffs. The reason why literally everything is shutting down one by one world wide is to control the virus. If we don't do so it gets more out of control than it already is and then alot more will die from the virus.

It might only be a few of the young people who gets in severe or critical condition, but if the number of infected gets too high then the young people suddenly fills the health care capacity and they will get prioritized over the elders. So even if you don't feel like you are in the dangerzone, please take resposibility as the elders are extremely vunerable and exposed with this virus. The higher the number of infected gets, the more pressure on the health care system aswell - and then they have to choose who to save and who they have to let die. That's the situation in Italy as i understand it.

That was long.

[Froob]

US should go into shutdown. Get ahead of it before it gets bad.

It’s insane March madness is cancelled and there’s still people saying it’s not big deal. Just crazy ignorance.