Coronavirus

[filghy2]

Source was The Australian newspaper; a paper not politically affiliated, articles and opinions from all.

You must be joking. The Australian newspaper is owned by Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Australian

[blackchubby38]

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020...pital-icu.html

It's very rare I don't want to write a rebuttal. As an abstract, it's reasonable to consider quality of life and the economy versus the containment of an illness. The reality in this case is different.

Had this been handled even as well as our neighbors to the north did per capita, 10,000 people who are now dead would be alive with about the same amount of sacrifice to our economy. It's a false choice between the economy and the pandemic. If you open up the economy and don't have enough testing and contact tracing, you go right back to the same hell, maybe worse. Anyhow, in the article above you can read a doctor's perspective from the icu. Staying home reduces his risk. Also note it doesn't sound like he's describing anything close to the flu.

I actually work for a hospital that's undergone some massive changes over the past month to handle the surge of Coronavirus patients. As of last count, around 260 patients suffering from the virus have been discharged. So I'm pretty aware of what's going on the front lines of this pandemic. I'm also know that this is nothing like the flu.

I'm not saying we get back to normal all at once. Just like we gradually put in place social distancing and stay-at -home orders, we can do same when it comes to re-opening things.

[broncofan]

I actually work for a hospital that's undergone some massive changes over the past month to handle the surge of Coronavirus patients. As of last count, around 260 patients suffering from the virus have been discharged. So I'm pretty aware of what's going on the front lines of this pandemic. I'm also know that this is nothing like the flu.

I'm not saying we get back to normal all at once. Just like we gradually put in place social distancing and stay-at -home orders, we can do same when it comes to re-opening things.

Thank you for all that you're doing. Sincerely. I'll write you back after a night of sleep. I'm not in NYC and don't work in a hospital so I appreciate the insight.

I'm not sure what the right timeline will look like. Preliminarily I feel like the fact we were three weeks late on testing, two to three weeks late on stay at home orders calls for caution once we get things under control. If we could ramp up testing the way South Korea has done, then we can gradually get things going.

[filghy2]

Australia is well ahead of the US in terms of flattening the infection curve, and they are only talking cautiously about the possibility of easing some restrictions early next month. It's unclear what that might involve, but I doubt we are going to see restaurants. bars, etc reopening so soon.

[lucx]

speaking from Italy... The virus here has hopefully passed its peak (after 4 weeks of complete lockdown and a lot of deaths)... the numbers are going down but everyone knows that to be back to normality is still very far... i have some hope to go back to a normal life after the summer... I do not know which are the actions taken from the US but from what i see from your numbers let me tell you: your contagion peak is still really far to come... Stay at home and stay safe... this is not like a flu... it's more like a Super Flu and if you have some health problem on your own (any health problem...) or you cannot afford a top quality and quick health assistance from good doctors you are really likely to risk your life if you get it...

[african1]

Seasonal flu fans, check the latest totals here:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Over 82,000 dead worldwide from coronavirus, and we're nowhere near done with it.

Do you believe the numbers from China?

[african1]

Do you believe the numbers from China?

As a way for them to laugh at the whole world, the number of death stopped at 3,333. Go figure.

[holzz]

so, any ladies posting here,how has business been for you?

[fred41]

Originally Posted by blackchubby38
I actually work for a hospital that's undergone some massive changes over the past month to handle the surge of Coronavirus patients. As of last count, around 260 patients suffering from the virus have been discharged. So I'm pretty aware of what's going on the front lines of this pandemic. I'm also know that this is nothing like the flu.


I'm not saying we get back to normal all at once. Just like we gradually put in place social distancing and stay-at -home orders, we can do same when it comes to re-opening things.

I live in NYC too and I agree with you. Testing still isn’t what it should be (or getting lab results , which are backed up all over the place)but it’s different in both -areas around the world , and even counties within different states here. Sometimes it has to do with logistics...sometimes demographics. Hell, the overall numbers in this country alone are disproportionately affected by different areas within it ...such as NYC where we live and entertain right on top of each other. That being said , I don’t know about the country, but NYC isn’t going back full throttle any time soon....but strict isolation will have to end in a couple of months. We may have to isolate differently, or alter living arrangements - whatever - but you can’t do this for another six months. There are simply too many other problems caused by completely shutting things down that simply can’t be ignored. Developing therapeutics could help for sure, as science is going full throttle on this. But you can’t keep emptying out the prisons, as we are doing here and shuttering businesses. A vaccine will take another year. You can’t keep it all completely locked down til then. Who can tolerate that besides hermits and folks with guaranteed upper wage incomes? Obviously , you can’t completely end it overnight, otherwise you can waste all the pain we already out ourselves through, but you have to go back to living, perhaps with some permanent lifestyle changes. Soon.

[fred41]

I guess if anything good comes out of all this - at least it gives the anti-vaxxers something to chew on.