Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

JRPGfan said:

^ 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).

Which is not surprising after reading this bit:

Outside the ICU, COVID-19 patients who are less severely ill are still closely watched in case stable breathing turns into a crisis. That can happen within seconds, says nurse Ayotunde Ajiboye.

Staying home is not the best course of action. At first I thought those videos of people dropping down in the street were over exaggerated or rare exceptions, but if that's what's being observed in hospitals as well, scary stuff.