Planning ahead
The odds are that we won’t get the virus and if we do, it will be mild. But just in case it isn’t, make sure you have a plan in place for who will take care of your children and pets.
Posted Mar 19, 2020, 10:43 PM UTC
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Odds are we will get it eventually and for most of the population it will be similar to the flu.
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Are you a doctor or an infectious disease expert?
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Doesn’t take one when you can observe the pathogens history and compare with other pathogens historically.
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Yes, but downplaying it and saying it's like the flu is irresponsible. There are dangerous respritory symptoms that a significant number of patients experience.
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It isn't downplaying though. For most of us, like they said, it will be like the flu. But enough people will get the short end of the stick and end up in ICU.
Now the OP of the post is downplaying the seriousness of it.
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Ok and a significant number of people infected with the flu have respiratory symptoms as well. It’s a new virus that we don’t have antibodies developed for, there’s going to be some selection going on in the natural way. Unfortunate but this panic is a joke.
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It's technically a type of cold. And other coronoviruses have been around forever.
The media has causes mass hysteria over this.
There aren't vaccines for any colds.
Also. There is reports that says most people get very mild symptoms.
It's only people who are old or have compromised immune systems who are at risk.
Lots of people are without employment or toilet paper right now because everyone thinks it's the black plague. It's not. And honestly, closing things down isnt going to keep people from spreading it unless we permanently close up everything.
This whole thing right now is just theatre that's putting a lot of people in financial crisis.
Not only that, people are so afraid of dying from a cold, they are running to the ER if their throat feels a little scratchy.
Causing a huge burden on health care .
Just like a normal cold, you just have to wait it out.if it starts getting worse or serious, that's when you go to the dr. Not for a runny nose and a light cough.
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So what about the 4 deaths in Illinois and the thousands in places like Italy? True, for most operate, it will not be fatal. For many, it won't be serious.
But the issue is infectiousness. For most people who get COVID-19, it won't be much more than a flu or bad cold. But the concern is a rapid spread of COVID-19 will result in large volumes of chronic or critical cases that will overwhelm medical resources which, in turn, compounds death rates. This is the exact problem Italy is seeing this very moment.
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It's the old and sick people dying. I am not trying to be heartless, but these same people die more often from any number of other illnesses floating around.
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This is true. Just like with the flu. It's mostly the people who are already compromised in some way that are dying. However, based on what is happening in Italy, many otherwise healthy people will require hospitalization. Even more importantly, COVID-19, due largely to it's long incubation period, is highly contagious. This makes it that much more difficult to protect the vulnerable.
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Agreed. Hope the elder generations that have been preaching self reliance and “bootstraps” appreciate that so far younger generations either don’t care or don’t know that there’s millions out of work and our economy is tanking for the sake of saving their lives.
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Its more like the worst pneumonia ever.
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I'm sorry, but where are your odds coming from? Literally all of the data says otherwise.