Not really sure how to interpret this comment, but there is nothing unique about their population or healthcare system that would predispose them to younger folks being ventilated in the ICU. If anything, given the rates of obesity/HTN/diabetes/etc in the US, along with the relative scarcity of hospital beds (we have 3.2 per person, they have 6 per person) we are poised to fare much worse.
We have ~2100 cases as of this AM, I suspect we will be at ~4500 cases or more in 4-5 days (assuming our testing picks up speed). We will be there before we know it.
Just sat down to a late lunch. I was hiking out in the state forest with the dogs for 3+ hours. I had pretty much forgotten about the virus hype until we spotted a group of 4 people in the middle of the woods wearing surgical masks. WTFO! Last I heard there are no COVID 19 infected squirrels coughing in hikers faces. One can never be too careful!
I hit three grocery stores yesterday for my regular shopping. They were stripped bare. My 80 year old parents are out galavanting around like nothing is going on. My mother says she doesn’t care; she lived a long life. I think people are panicking and in denial. Yesterday I saw a guy with a shopping cart of nothing but spaghetti pasta and jars of sauce. My stepdaughter’s boyfriend won’t stay in his room because he believes he was not exposed; he just had a cold. My wife is a RN; stepdaughter is a nurses aid. They both went to work today. They both refused to call their boss at the hospital and let their boss make the decision of coming in. My wife said I’m being a paranoid asshole. I keep telling her it’s not the odds; it’s the stakes.
Dude, you are in for a really rude awakening very, very soon.
Of all the countries struggling with this right now, the USA in many ways is the very least prepared to handle this. Your faith in our healthcare system is extremely misplaced.
Healthcare personnel/1st responders are going to have to keep working through this to keep our lives together, unfortunately. If your wife is in an outpatient practice, I am hoping that they are canceling all non-urgent visits.
I don’t know about all of you but I need a laugh because I’m getting pissed off at my wife- please move if inappropriate . Funny; my wife calls me that all the time.
So the first case in NC was a man who was exposed at one of the infamous nursing homes in Washington State. He then flew commercial to NC. Most recent case got sick in another state and flew commercial to NC.
Any thoughts as to should we shut down air travel like after 9-11, or take other steps??
I mean we're cancelling concerts and other get togethers with more than 25 people
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