| Jaicee said: This coronavirus stuff is starting to get to me, honestly. It's making my anxiety worse. It's starting to have a painful and frightening impact on my daily life. And don't let anyone reassure you with that "2% death rate that may drop as the virus spreads" stuff either: 15 to 20% of coronavirus cases require hospitalization, as in you require a respirator. And even beyond that, beyond those officially severe cases, have you ever looked up the official definitions of "mild cases" before? They include everything from having virtually no symptoms to winding up with pneumonia and coughing up blood! |
As someone from a medical background, let me reassure you coughing up blood has been found in less than 1% of detected cases and definitely merits at least further investigation. Also, do remember that proportion of serious cases exclude cases that were not identified and not diagnosed, which likely makes it far less than 15% - 20%.
Just follow health guidelines, and take a break from the news if you need to. The last thing everyone needs is to weaken their immune systems. Virtually no one, if not indeed no one, in our age bracket has died so far without having a previous severe health condition.
