Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Snoopy]

jason1637 said:

Snoopy said:

The mortality rate at worse case scenario is less than 3% and it affects elder people the most. You know what will cause us to die? Lack of proper shelter, food, medecine, ect which is all being affected because we aren't getting back to work and producing or providing service. Also, if there is no work, then there is no money to be spent. How are we supposed to afford those critical products/services? There is no such thing as a free lunch as you know and nobody is going to keep working if they aren't getting paid. 

Thats the morality rate at oyr current compacity.

If 100 people are infected and a mortality is 3% then 3 people would die but lets say 20 people need to be hospitalized but there are only 8 hospital beds. If half of those who cant get hospitalized die the rate becomes 9% (6+9). Imagine these numbers translating to the US population of hundreds of millions of people it looks bad.

As for being able to afford resources the federal government has passed laws that allow people not working to be paid until this is over and for people being layed off are getting a 1.2k per month basic income.

1.2k a month... LOL you can't afford rent in my area with that money and it is obvious that isn't sustainable for the long run and nor can it be done until the virus vaccine is found and mass produced.