Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[JRPGfan]

SvennoJ said:

“This is not like a disease we have seen before,” said internal medicine specialist Dr. Jamie Spiegelman. He says COVID-19 does not behave like a regular pneumonia, making medical management “unpredictable and day by day we have to change what we do."

There are even signs the disease may be causing heart inflammation, kidney disease, blood clots and liver problems.

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“People are not getting better quickly, and they are on breathing machines for a very long time,” she said.
“We don't have any treatments, all we can do is support the body with the machines we have and hope the body itself recovers from the disease."

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“You know the fact that only a tiny percentage of the population has had this at this point, so we're still looking at many months going on,” said Dr. Michael Gardam, chief of staff.

“The economic impact of that is going to be astounding.”

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Stay home, don't listen to herd immunity BS, this needs to be stopped.

^ this is the important stuff.

Reported US coronavirus deaths:

8 weeks ago: 0 deaths
7 weeks ago: 9 deaths
6 weeks ago: 31 deaths
5 weeks ago: 111 deaths
4 weeks ago: 704 deaths
3 weeks ago: 3,834 deaths
2 weeks ago: 12,895 deaths
1 week ago: 26,033 deaths
Right now: 45,039 deaths

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 22, 2020

^ usa has a "mild" version of coronavirus that isnt as deadly as the strain europe has.

Also its likely that actual deaths, are twice the current 45,000+ number currently.
Theres so many unreported, not diagnosed deaths, from this thing, at home/hospic/nurseing homes ect.

9/11 attack, was around 2900+ people.
This virus, which likely only has infected ~3% of the population (usa) has already been confirmed to have killed 45,000+ people (perphaps x2 that).

Last edited by JRPGfan - on 22 April 2020