A serious form of flu with media driven hysteria in an election year. Several tested and proven cures (other countries) but Democrat governors here are banning use. Fauxi dragging his feet; must still go thru trials (that have already been done in other countries). Trials start some locations last week of March.It’s not Flu and it’s dangerous to even refer to Covid as such. There are zero proven drugs or treatments any where in the world. Anecdotal reports and ridiculously small test groups are not proof. No one is immune and eventually almost every one will get it. The best hope is a vaccine but the timeframe is long maybe a year if they get one faster than has ever been done. One thing that has been proven is universal masking and social distancing. Many drugs meant for other diseases are being tested and there is hope for extracting antibodies from recovered patients.
Some perspective - 40,000 US deaths seasonal flu 2017. 25,000+ 2019. 61 million US H1N1 infections and tens of thousands dead. Over 1,000 dead before Obama did anything. Originally Posted by Zhivago52
One issue is comparing Covid to Flu , they are not the same. Also people tend to count the wrong patients. We can’t think about who will live but rather who will die. If 20% need hospitalization the system can’t support that number of patients. Also all the regular things that need hospitalization won’t be treated so people will die not from virus but all the other things we usually can survive.
One place I see an issue is we should be testing everyone and quarantine anyone positive to prevent transmissions. The 2nd generation testing that gives results in minutes and don’t require a lab are approved and will be available soon.
Stay home , wash your hands , be as healthy as possible. If you smoke stop , start exercising, take vitamins, eat real whole healthy foods and protect the elderly and at risk ( already sick ) patients from the careless younger people.