Pestilence of the day
Pestilence of the day
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- brandonp-2
^ tank is correct. My wife is a nurse practitioner and has been saying flu is WAY more dangerous from the outset. Same goes for all of the docs I've spoken with. For Nairn, here's what I pulled from the top of a simple search query.
"So far, 16,000 people have died and 280,000 people have been hospitalized during the 2019-2020 flu season, according to preliminary estimates from the CDC."
- Could it be that the flu is more dangerous simply because it's more widespread? If this spreads everywhere, it will almost certainly kill more people than that.yuekit
- well, there's no vaccination for Covid-19, won't be for years, there IS a higher % mortality rate and the infectious capacity's higherNairn
- I'm sorry, but I've been reading a lot from people way smarter than I am and they're generaly 'quite concerned'.Nairn
- https://www.ncbi.nlm…Nairn
- I've read reports concerned about 40% of entire populations becoming infected - if that came to pass in the states, tha tcould equate to 2.4 MILLION deaths.Nairn
- Granted, 40% is for slightly dysfunctional states - but the concern is about a pandemic overwhelming health authorities. There's only so many ICU bedsNairn
- In the vast majority of cases, there will be no need for an ICU bed, or any inpatient care. Rest and liquids will cure almost all cases, just like the flu.monospaced
- hello Nairn, concern is good. But media is getting in to a frenzy. Just got a newsflash here. HOTEL IN BENIDORM IN LOCKDOWN. Than you see the people chilling,tank02
- Aye mono, but in the small but significant number of cases that need an ICU to survive, not having one will result in an additional needless deathNairn
- Neither of those two positions are contrary, tank. If they're Brits (I assume they are) they've just got a paid-for extension to their holidayNairn
- what does your nurse wife say now?imbecile