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originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: pasiphae
I get that ...
But people die every year from the flu. Sometimes lots of people. Maybe more than you like to think about.
My point is that if the deaths from corona virus are indistinguishable from the normal background "noise" of people dying like they would from regular pneumonia caused by other viral or bacterial factors (like the flu). Then how scary is this pandemic, anyhow?
I think it more likely that the flu is the flu in almost every instance right now.
Between the environmental damage caused by the craptastic air quality in China, etc., that may explain the situation we see there to some degree and why it doesn't seem to be as bad elsewhere.
originally posted by: pasiphae
originally posted by: carewemust
Just reported, so far this season 16,000 people in America have died from the FLU! That's the damn pandemic.
The US has 327M people. If 20% of them get sick that's 65,400,000 and if 3% of them die that's 1,962,000. It's a little worse than the flu. That's why cities are shutting down.
Edit to add my math could be wrong because I'm very very tired.
Excuse me for asking this, but (Americans) how are you guys "really" taking this virus situation at the present times. Has the info finally caught on that its here to stay until a drug is found to treat it (hopefully to kill it completely) and how are people thinking about their job situation there.
originally posted by: TheAMEDDDoc
a reply to: tennisdawg
If that were the case it would be weapons grade or synthetic and we’re getting Wuhan in our BSL3 labs for some research studies at a research university. They wouldn’t clear it for that type of work if it were BSL4 or worse, this virus has been mapped so often already it’s just not possible to move through hosts like that unless it underwent significant mutation or recombination.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: pasiphae
That would be worse, but if people are dying at a rate that is indistinguishable from the regular background noise of the normal seasonal crap as you posit, then that disease scenario is a much different one.
Which disease are you afraid of?
originally posted by: liejunkie01
a reply to: musicismagic
Excuse me for asking this, but (Americans) how are you guys "really" taking this virus situation at the present times. Has the info finally caught on that its here to stay until a drug is found to treat it (hopefully to kill it completely) and how are people thinking about their job situation there.
I'm gonna be completely honest and say that nobody is really concerned at all.
I did stop by Sam's club to pick up a few more things and the cashier did have on gloves. But nobody was buying anything in super bulk to stock up. Or so it appeared that way.
I am concerned about my employment opportunities in the near future. I am a union construction worker that works for various contractors when they need workers to do a job. I feel that I might be on a long lay off this year.
I have taken a few steps to make sure that my family if 5 can be on a house lockdown for a month or two. I am taking this more serious than about 98% of the American public.
I hope that this all blows over soon
originally posted by: liejunkie01
a reply to: musicismagic
Excuse me for asking this, but (Americans) how are you guys "really" taking this virus situation at the present times. Has the info finally caught on that its here to stay until a drug is found to treat it (hopefully to kill it completely) and how are people thinking about their job situation there.
I'm gonna be completely honest and say that nobody is really concerned at all.
I did stop by Sam's club to pick up a few more things and the cashier did have on gloves. But nobody was buying anything in super bulk to stock up. Or so it appeared that way.
I am concerned about my employment opportunities in the near future. I am a union construction worker that works for various contractors when they need workers to do a job. I feel that I might be on a long lay off this year.
I have taken a few steps to make sure that my family if 5 can be on a house lockdown for a month or two. I am taking this more serious than about 98% of the American public.
I hope that this all blows over soon
originally posted by: Cmajlz
WHAT IF
Just throwing this out.
If the CDC plans not to test anyone. They got this huge database on past flu seasons. As long all health related activities - doctor visits, hospitalizations, deaths - due to this virus are reported to the CDC as flu related they can statistically parse out the virus given some standard error. If the plan is not to quarantine people does it make any difference between the virus or the flu for the CDC. If death certificates are coded as flu they've got that information. Based on the overdose opioid crisis many death certificates for overdose were not coded properly and may not in this case. Other option if they have the flu like symptoms but do not test positive for the flu then assume is the virus. Maybe the CDC plans to estimate the virus on the back end of this and doesn't need to know it was the virus on the front end. Doesn't help put the public at ease. Just putting this out there.