ConnorEl
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Harvard is closing for the semester. Asking everyone to move out by March 15. Classes will be online
Amazing how disruptive are those folks willing to be just to troll Trump!
Harvard is closing for the semester. Asking everyone to move out by March 15. Classes will be online
Amazing how disruptive are those folks willing to be just to troll Trump!
My wife is due in 4 weeks. Sounds like the hospital could be a war zone. Maybe I should watch some Youtubes on home births.
we had to take our infant to the ER yesterday (he's fine thankfully) and it was a ghost town
we had to take our infant to the ER yesterday (he's fine thankfully) and it was a ghost town
You're forgetting the important part, where my cultural value to post-apocalyptic, isolated villages will skyrocketI was reading the novel Station Eleven recently and the descriptions from that guy in Italy are eerily similar. Plot is some flu variant that originates in the country of Georgia and quickly spreads through people on planes, traveling for business, etc. Hospitals quickly overwhelmed with healthcare workers staffed around the clock and quickly becoming sick or dying. Flu ends up wiping out 99% of the population and the story largely centers around the post-flu world. Obviously we aren’t looking at something like that but this is a way too real preview of exactly how something like that could happen.
What's going on in Italy is legit scary. And this is a wealthy area, with more doctors and more hospital beds per capita than we have.
Sad for Italy. Here is why this will not happen in the US, in facts:
1) 22% of Italy is 65+ years old, compared with 16% in the U.S. This coronavirus is far more problematic for the elderly
2) 24% of Italians smoke, compared with 17% of Americans. This coronavirus attacks weaknesses in the respiratory system caused by smoking
3) Smokers cough. Coughing causes particle spread, resulting in higher r-naught scores (more viral)
3) Italians are social and affectionate - more kissing, hugging and touching. Again, higher r-naught.
4) The coronavirus circulated in Italy through community spread for multiple weeks before detection, which given #3 above, caused significant community spread. The first case in the U.S. was detected in 4 days - the U.S. patient put a mask on prior to interacting with anyone. Based on genetic findings, only one other person contracted the virus from the first case patient.
5) The spread in Italy occurred weeks before the recent community spread in the U.S. As we get out of the winter months, mother nature will help us in several ways. First, UV light exposure increases - UV stops germs from multiplying/spreading. Second, humidity increases - humid conditions force particles from dropping and not floating around, reducing virality. Humidity is also helpful for mucus production - more mucus = fewer particles ingested. Third, ozone increases - like, UV, ozone is proven to kill the germs that cause infection.
6) Only 59% of Italians are active on social media, compared with 79% in the U.S. If you follow social media, you believe the coronavirus will kill all of us - that's the bad news. The good news is that for many fear triggers caution, heightened levels of preparedness. So while our health system may not be as prepared, the average American is more aware and cautious.
Note: the Italian healthcare system is stronger than ours by most accounts, so they are better equipped to handle an outbreak. My point is that it's very unlikely to get as bad in the U.S.
there is no guarantee, Dr. Fauci said, that the Coronavirus will die down come March or April
What's the risk of it coming back after the summer?
Oh, we’re 5% less elderly and smoke 6% less. All clear. Idiot
Sad for Italy. Here is why this will not happen in the US, in facts:
4) The coronavirus circulated in Italy through community spread for multiple weeks before detection, which given #3 above, caused significant community spread. The first case in the U.S. was detected in 4 days - the U.S. patient put a mask on prior to interacting with anyone. Based on genetic findings, only one other person contracted the virus from the first case patient.
Note: the Italian healthcare system is stronger than ours by most accounts, so they are better equipped to handle an outbreak. My point is that it's very unlikely to get as bad in the U.S.
Wait, are you calling me an idiot?