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Nitram

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49. I'm not sure there's a great deal individual can do to "prepare." It is up to the government and

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 07:22 PM

Feb 2020

the CDC to take measures that prevent the virus from getting a foothold in the US. Washing your own hands isn't going to prevent the spread of the virus in the US unless everyone is doing it.

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China Cases Top 20,000; U.S. Braces for Pandemic: Virus Update [View all] left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 OP

oh great Skittles Feb 2020 #1

A pademic after buffoon fired head of Emergency Medicine in 2018 dixiegrrrrl Feb 2020 #21

oh jeez Skittles Feb 2020 #27

The US is preparing for the Pandemic by knocking 100's of thousands off Medicaid. nt yaesu Feb 2020 #2

+1 ancianita Feb 2020 #5

The Chinese built a hospital in 10 days. Can the U.S. be prepared? YOHABLO Feb 2020 #3

Duct tape and plastic sheeting time Blues Heron Feb 2020 #6

And Ivanka and Jarred can throw out paper towel rolls. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #32

It's really impressive. EndlessWire Feb 2020 #47

The Lethality Rate is still tracking with the common flu. nt yaesu Feb 2020 #4

I didn't know we had reliable data yet. Chemisse Feb 2020 #7

I've just been comparing the parentage of deaths of know cases to past epidemics/pandemics yaesu Feb 2020 #11

Is that about 2 per 100,000 for the flu? Chemisse Feb 2020 #38

This is a great link dixiegrrrrl Feb 2020 #22

Thanks! Chemisse Feb 2020 #36

It's transmission rate (R0) is tracking at twice that of the flu NickB79 Feb 2020 #9

It is not the same lethality - Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #15

Much Worse than flu. About 40 times the death rate. NutmegYankee Feb 2020 #10

No it's not. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #12

Not by a long shot. defacto7 Feb 2020 #13

NO - WRONG - it's closer to the Spanish Flu - not seasonal flu jpak Feb 2020 #41

you will find all kinds of percentages from all kinds of sites so WHO really knows, pun intended. nt yaesu Feb 2020 #46

If we have the correct data. I think they have been hiding the true death rate for economic reasons Pisces Feb 2020 #44

So does that mean its about a 1.2% death rate rather than the 3% we were hearing? cstanleytech Feb 2020 #8

Death rate is currently 2.0691665% Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #14

You beat me to it! n/t Pobeka Feb 2020 #17

My mind is blown by al of the people Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #18

They don't want to accept the truth. NutmegYankee Feb 2020 #19

So we essentially have to hope that the Chinese and other governments are on the ball and cstanleytech Feb 2020 #23

Contain or slow it until a vaccine DrToast Feb 2020 #24

Yes and no. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #25

Unfortunately, those numbers aren't accurate. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #30

All infection tracking is estimated. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #34

I know, but there is plenty of reason to think China is fudging numbers 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #45

What you have to remember is that China has been asked to use different criteria by the WHO. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #29

Reposting the Johns Hopkins link. Death rate is not really known yet. Pobeka Feb 2020 #16

The key is 2,790 people (14%) are in critical condition. NutmegYankee Feb 2020 #20

Hopefully natural selection does its thing and the surviving strains of the virus are less lethal. roamer65 Feb 2020 #26

Well who knows what the real number of infected people is. I think it might be much higher. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #28

If you are taking an ARB (Angiotensin Receptor Blocker) for high blood pressure... roamer65 Feb 2020 #31

You referred to to it as the WARS virus. That is the Coronavirus? YOHABLO Feb 2020 #33

Wuhan Acute Respiratory Syndrome. nt littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 #43

"Bracing?" Well, we're fucked. Warpy Feb 2020 #35

From The Guardian live thread nitpicker Feb 2020 #37

The percentage of daily increase is declining slightly in China nitpicker Feb 2020 #39

The time to prepare yourself is now - not when the virus has taken hold in US jpak Feb 2020 #40

What are you doing to prepare? NickB79 Feb 2020 #42

Enough food, water and pet supplies for a local in-home 21 day quarantine jpak Feb 2020 #50

I'm not sure there's a great deal individual can do to "prepare." It is up to the government and Nitram Feb 2020 #49

Glad to hear that Hong Kong has closed their border with China. It would be a disaster if it spread Nitram Feb 2020 #48