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originally posted by: Bicent
NYC PANDEMIC CASE SUMMARY
LINK
Wuhan/Hubei province shut down at ~1000 reported cases.
Italy and Spain both shut down at 10000 or so reported cases..
The United States are approaching 70,000 cases and counting even with the low testing rates. We are not enforcing quarantine measures. In NYC you can take a plane to most states still or drive out of NYC 🤦♂️ Airport is still open... At this point we need a vaccine yesterday this is going to drag on and you need a damn compound calculator to get an idea on the cases and deaths to understand the concern.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: anonentity
Doctors kinda have this oath they take to heal people, that doesn't involve giving someone something they heard might work, maybe .
originally posted by: Justice309
Hi all - just joined as I am seeing a disturbing trend with perception to this event.
a) Blaming the current administration. They're doing everything they can at this point. You simply cannot plan in advance for something like this. This is pure reaction. Ventilators are complicated and take time to make. There will be a debate as to who knew what and when later on.
b) I'm not entirely sure people understand what this is? based on what we know, this is nearly a perfect pathogen to cause breakdown of society. Long incubation, asymptomatic transmission, long survival on surfaces, very small virus so has ability to remain in the air for a long time, high mutation rate, large percentage 15-20% need hospitalization, can potentially infect with different mutations at the same time..... This pathogen will be studied for decades after this. Its almost too perfect...and we can get into where it came from another time.
c) There are a lot of you complaining about lifting quarentines...this isnt going away guys/gals...unless Hydroxychloroquine/z-pak/zinc works (good possibility), it wont matter how long we quarentine..
We have 2 options --Either the entire world goes into lockdown for 2 months waiting until all curve completion, or we lift quarentines and practice prevention and open the economy. Destruction of the economy on top of this, you're looking at complete breakdown of society. Think, how many more people that situation would kill? it would take decades to rebuild the economy in that situation. People who are advocating not lifting quarentines without the entire world going into lock down are advocating for even more loss of life...
d) There is clearly a strategy to limit fear in the public with this type of event. That is standard protocol. There are some that can handle the truth, but there are many others that cannot. you cant risk panic. Whether you believe it or not, we create our own realities---if we are all living in fear we open our lives up to potential probabilities which could manifest that fear. This is why it is so incredibly important to be an optimist in these types of situations. This is why any media trying to exacerbate fear is quickly shutdown. If we could all mange the truth constructively, there would be a different protocol. Maybe some day when we all wake up, that will be the case.
This is an amazing forum, honey pot in all, but you all have done a great service by keeping this information flowing.
I wish you all the best
originally posted by: primalfractal
www.nytimes.com...
‘People Are Dying’: 72 Hours Inside a N.Y.C. Hospital Battling Coronavirus