Post by Ginger on Feb 25, 2020 14:08:15 GMT -6
The problem is that we don’t really know what’s true or not. There are videos online of multiple bodies being packed up in China. You assume
Corona virus but who knows. Maybe that’s a Tuesday in China. There are unsourced posts about who it has affected more elderly? Young adults? Kids? There are of course the reports online that China is doing mass burials from people that have died, but no official proof of that. There’s the cases in other countries where it’s spread from person to person but very few have died. Some people that have had it have said it was like a cold. I think I heard that from a report on people on that ship off of Japan that had it and recovered. There’s also reports that it seems to affect the elderly more harshly and that infants and small children haven’t been affected by it as much. China does have a large aging population. I think you couple that with severe pollution and probably the fact that so many smoke over there, that it may lead to worse lung infections and death. My opinion. I think until that pandemic hits a western country or somewhere where the news isn’t censored as much you might get a better idea of what’s going on.
Also apparently there’s not a lot of good testing available out there. There’s a recent radiology article where a CT scan of the chest was better than the lab test for identifying changes in the lung that indicate COVID-19. I doubt they are going to be doing a bunch of CTs on everyone that presents to the doctor with the sniffles and a cough.
www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/only-three-us-states-can-test-for-coronavirus-says-public-lab-group.html
Then you have assholes like trump and the GOP that want to cut funding to the CDC.
And more bullshit
Your best bet is to avoid being around sick people and wash your hands constantly and tell your kids to and not touch any part of your face, nose mouth, eyes, etc unless you have washed your hands first. Not easy. As to avoiding sick people. That is also difficult. They’re everywhere right now. They have influenza, colds, stomach viruses and they’re all out there walking around. My workplace has been hit hard with influenza even though it’s required to be vaccinated. People come to work when they’re feeling better but still coughing their head off. People that have shitty jobs and no sick time will be going to work sick because they can’t afford not to take time off.
When COVID-19 really takes off in the US people with colds are going to be treated like pariahs because no one will know what’s COVID-19 and what’s not.
www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html
Corona virus but who knows. Maybe that’s a Tuesday in China. There are unsourced posts about who it has affected more elderly? Young adults? Kids? There are of course the reports online that China is doing mass burials from people that have died, but no official proof of that. There’s the cases in other countries where it’s spread from person to person but very few have died. Some people that have had it have said it was like a cold. I think I heard that from a report on people on that ship off of Japan that had it and recovered. There’s also reports that it seems to affect the elderly more harshly and that infants and small children haven’t been affected by it as much. China does have a large aging population. I think you couple that with severe pollution and probably the fact that so many smoke over there, that it may lead to worse lung infections and death. My opinion. I think until that pandemic hits a western country or somewhere where the news isn’t censored as much you might get a better idea of what’s going on.
Also apparently there’s not a lot of good testing available out there. There’s a recent radiology article where a CT scan of the chest was better than the lab test for identifying changes in the lung that indicate COVID-19. I doubt they are going to be doing a bunch of CTs on everyone that presents to the doctor with the sniffles and a cough.
www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/only-three-us-states-can-test-for-coronavirus-says-public-lab-group.html
Then you have assholes like trump and the GOP that want to cut funding to the CDC.
And more bullshit
Your best bet is to avoid being around sick people and wash your hands constantly and tell your kids to and not touch any part of your face, nose mouth, eyes, etc unless you have washed your hands first. Not easy. As to avoiding sick people. That is also difficult. They’re everywhere right now. They have influenza, colds, stomach viruses and they’re all out there walking around. My workplace has been hit hard with influenza even though it’s required to be vaccinated. People come to work when they’re feeling better but still coughing their head off. People that have shitty jobs and no sick time will be going to work sick because they can’t afford not to take time off.
When COVID-19 really takes off in the US people with colds are going to be treated like pariahs because no one will know what’s COVID-19 and what’s not.
www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html