SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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Germany should abandon democracy and revert to authoritarianism again.
The state of South Carolina has 1000 kits for a population of 5 million.
How on earth is that even possible? I mean its USA ffs...
Sack her!
But in all seriousness, you should explain to HR that Madrid is a hot spot and she should self isolate after her holiday. She could potentially infect the staff, your clients and anyone that comes in contact with her through work.
Trump what could go wrong?How on earth is that even possible? I mean its USA ffs...
It's the same as over here BJ what could go wrong?
We've been told that that number "is not a shortage"How on earth is that even possible? I mean its USA ffs...
Give it a rest. This is serious topic with a lot of people trying to get info and you are derailing this with pointless posts.
Well, basically it is just the beginning and will spread more. The problem is that you can have the virus but no symptoms, which makes it difficult. He also said that people don’t take it serious enough and should start with he anti-socializing and be more careful. It is not just elderly people who are at risk, smoking, obesity etc. can also have a huge impact. What you see now in Italy could happen to all the other countries as well who are hit badly.
Those who say it’s is not bad don’t realize this is just the beginning. He said it will be an issue for the next 4-6 months and wont go away once it gets warmer, unlike the regular flu.
Mate, stop being an absolute clown. This is a serious situation.
Exactly.
At this stage, 'the non panic, you have a higher chance of dying from a coconut' brigade are the equivalent of climate change deniers.
I think it has more to do with the facilities / people not being up to dealing with the numbers of infected more than anything. Italy have clearly been woefully prepared for any kind of health epidemic. They have an ageing population (2nd highest in Europe) and a struggling economy.
Our NHS will clearly struggle too if numbers ramp up because it's already been cut back to the bare bones but greedy politicians.
Probably false negatives (were released while the virus was still in the system), but that would be scar indeed if it turns to be true.
The pneumonia vaccine immunises against bacterial pneumococcus pneumonia.
Unfortunately Covid-19 causes a viral SARS pneumonia and so is unaffected by the vaccine.
I have a feeling that many Americans are going to learn that they don't actually have the best healthcare in the world. This could actually be the thing that convinces them that a single-payer system is the way to go.
Probably he's the kind of mod who gets exasperated when someone thinks cancer deaths can be compared to those caused by a highly-infectious disease. You don't catch cancer when someone coughs on you.
You only live once mate, feck society, family, friends and co-workers.
Some twat posted this in response to me on another forum.
Words fail me.
Not even worth engaging. Like I said, we live in an Idiocrcay now with the US and UK being the worst of the worst. All the chickens will come home to roost though and it will become clear in the coming months how much damage can be caused by electing people ill equipped to run a bath, much less a country.
That's what I was asking thanks.
I'll report her if I see her around after she returns. We have 300 people in our office, and our office complex has over 5,000 working here - and we are situated next to a shopping mall where most of staff eat lunch. If anyone gets ill it's going to spread like crazy.
I'm actually glad we live in Italy. I have confidence in the government and the health system here, despite the precarious situation. There's hardly anyone about, folk seem to be doing what they've been asked to do.
I would definitely not like to be living in the USA - people are having to pay for tests? It's madness.
I would definitely not like to be living in the USA - people are having to pay for tests? It's madness.
All appointments with GPs, treatment room etc have been cancelled in my town in northern Ireland.
I raise you Ireland, the government barely even cancelled the Paddy's Parade in which there are around half a million people on the streets of Dublin.
That sounds pretty serious.
Is it because these doctors are needed in the front lines?
Yeah. Pretty much what I've been saying for months. I find it a little funny that its taken 3 months for a lot of people to start taking this seriously.
1st death in Ireland. East of country. Not much info as of yet.
I know it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but I'm pretty worried about dentist's being shut here in Ireland seeing as I have braces in that need tightening every few weeks
What qualifications do you have? What research have you done? To support this. I hope you are right so please, any credentials or info to back this up. Otherwise, you are really just guessing
Yeah that's probably the way to go. Pretty shit that you have to take responsibility for someone else but hey people don't give a shit about anyone other than themselves.
To ensure the facility stays open they've said. I doubt they must be only seeing those in desperate need.
Picking and choosing their patients aleady and no cases have been confirmed here, so god help people in Italy etc that need a doctor for anything non virus related because it must be impossible.
I read a post on reddit earlier which criticised the earlier approach about fighting the virus head on. Wasn't there a "Milan welcomes you" quote? Read on here as well from @11101 that Italy didn't take it seriously enough when it started.
The number of cases isn't going to just stop at 82,000, though, it's going to keep growing (the total is now 115,000) and it's not going to stop any time soon -- which means the chances of someone contracting the virus will follow the same trend. That's how exponential growth works. As of today (March 11) there are 10,000 cases in Italy when there were under 1,000 just two weeks ago. The number of newly confirmed cases today in Italy has fallen below 1,000 for the first time since March 2nd, but the numbers are still very troubling and the slight downturn (which is still an increase, just a slower one) has only come after a countrywide lockdown.
The picture in the UK is almost following the same trajectory. It took Italy eight days to jump from 20 cases to 1,000 (March 21 - March 29); at current rates, the UK will have made the same jump in seventeen days (Feb 28 - March 15). We might be under a lockdown of our own by the end of next week. The doubly concerning thing for the UK is that we're testing far fewer people per million of the population than Italy did. What I mean to say is that there's a very high possibility that the number of confirmed cases in the UK is actually significantly lower than the reality.
There are 41 cases in Portugal. Expect that number to be 1,000 (or nearby) come the end of the month.
Forget all the data for a second, though. Speak to the average person under 50 and they're not likely to be concerned for themselves. They've likely got relatives in their 70s & 80s who they didn't plan on burying for a few years yet, or siblings/children/partners/colleagues who have COPD or asthma, etc. When we have this virus under enough control to return to normal life, the final death toll could be anywhere between 10,000 and 1,000,000. That's at least 10,000 loved ones lost too early. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm more worried about the effects of over-population and over-consumption than I am the coronavirus, but acting like an edgy smart arse in the face of genuine tragedy isn't proper.
But the tests are beautiful and everyone can have one? They’re almost as perfect as an incriminating falsified “transcription”!
Im hust after acl surgery 7 days ago. I need regular bloods, heart rate checks and dressings changed.I know it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but I'm pretty worried about dentist's being shut here in Ireland seeing as I have braces in that need tightening every few weeks
I had low heart rate and kidney fuction following the operation and wouldnt have been discharged except they needed the bed.
So i duno what im going to do here now.
It doesnt matter in the scheme of things as im a young man and im sure after a week of water and proper food in probably ok buts its a worrying sign in a town that has no cases.
Makes me think more about those towns and cities that are hit with this and how theyll cope
India has just suspended all tourist and business visas.
Yes, I can't argue with that but I think this country-wide lockdown isn't something many European countries would impose.
You seem to be missing the point. The main way in which people are comparing mortality between influenza and COVID-19 is by something called CFR. This is the Case Fatality Rate. The key word here is "Case". The CFR is the % of confirmed cases that end up dead. For influenza this is around 0.1 to 0.2%. For COVID-19 the CFR globally (according to the WHO) is estimated at 3.4% The influenza CFR is much more reliable because it's based on analysis of a much larger pool of data, over a long period of time but it is just as likely as the COVID-19 CFR to exclude mild cases i.e. people like you and me who regularly get "man flu" but never end up being seen by a doctor, never mind having swabs sent off to confirm the diagnosis. Hence mild cases of both types of COVID-19 and influenza don't get included in the calculation because they never end up having a test to confirm the cause of their illness.