Coronavirus
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Some things to toss out there. On any given day there are hospitals in the United States that go on diversion, meaning they have no capacity to treat additional patients.
We have ongoing shortages of normal saline for the last 5 years, during flu season they can not keep up with demand, orders are on constant backorder.
The world wide population has incressed about 500% since 1900, from about 1.6 billion to 8 billion.
8 billion people, assuming an infection rate of 20% ...one out of five. 1.6 Billion people. A low death rate of .03%. That 52 million people dead. Good chance you might know one or two.... enjoy your day..
We have ongoing shortages of normal saline for the last 5 years, during flu season they can not keep up with demand, orders are on constant backorder.
The world wide population has incressed about 500% since 1900, from about 1.6 billion to 8 billion.
8 billion people, assuming an infection rate of 20% ...one out of five. 1.6 Billion people. A low death rate of .03%. That 52 million people dead. Good chance you might know one or two.... enjoy your day..
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CiK
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Two week incubation and then this......
Chinese Scientist Working on Coronavirus Claims Pets Can Catch Infection
The virus has killed almost 200 people since it emerged from the city of Wuhan late last year.
www.newsweek.com
I would much rather the end be by robots than virus.
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Zim
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The plague rate may have been higher not known but wasn’t close to the 1918 flu as far as deaths. Far fewer people back then for one.
Zim
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We are back at home tonight. Interesting to note there was zero screening at O’Hare Airport Chicago. No fever check or anything. The US passport officers weren’t even wearing masks. And I watched dozens of passengers use the same fingerprint scanner without disinfecting. Sichuan China had way way more strict screening. Step-daughters condo complex, subways, bullet trains & Walmart all had mandatory fever scans minimum. Streets were abandoned. Business as usual in Chicago, even for a plane full of Chinese from the closest intl airport outside of the epicenter. Go figure. Disaster waiting to happen.
BTW - The 14 day quarantine does not affect us as it begins Sunday and only for those in Wuhan. We are already home, and were in Sichuan & Chongqing Provinces.
BTW - The 14 day quarantine does not affect us as it begins Sunday and only for those in Wuhan. We are already home, and were in Sichuan & Chongqing Provinces.
Bigjay73
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54 million people die every year if I remember correctly, so it would double the death rate. Tragic to anyone who loses someone, but not exactly an apocalyptic event.
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