Coronavirus Thread: Worldwide Pandemic
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88m3
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In the span of 48 hours, what began as one family’s medical crisis had spiraled across one of the nation's most densely populated regions.
As the virus infects multiple families in New York, Jewish schools and synagogues shut down.
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How coronavirus spread in New York: From a man to his family. Then a neighbor. Then friends.
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In the span of 48 hours, what began as one family’s medical crisis had spiraled across one of the nation's most densely populated regions.
As the virus infects multiple families in New York, Jewish schools and synagogues shut down.
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How coronavirus spread in New York: From a man to his family. Then a neighbor. Then friends.
TheDarceKnight
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We are in uncharted territory now.
This is an analysis by one of the world's top experts in mathematical disease modeling, which predicts a pandemic comparable to 1918:
"While the uncertainty remains large, this estimate now excludes CDC’s reference estimate for the 1957 H2N2 pandemic flu (0.1 to 0.3 percent) and is two-fold lower than and overlapping with CDC’s reference estimate of 2.04 percent for the 1918 H1N1 pandemic flu."
2019-nCoV: preliminary estimates of the confirmed-case-fatality-ratio and infection-fatality-ratio, and initial pandemic risk assessment
This is an analysis by one of the world's top experts in mathematical disease modeling, which predicts a pandemic comparable to 1918:
"While the uncertainty remains large, this estimate now excludes CDC’s reference estimate for the 1957 H2N2 pandemic flu (0.1 to 0.3 percent) and is two-fold lower than and overlapping with CDC’s reference estimate of 2.04 percent for the 1918 H1N1 pandemic flu."
2019-nCoV: preliminary estimates of the confirmed-case-fatality-ratio and infection-fatality-ratio, and initial pandemic risk assessment
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88m3
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TheDarceKnight
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@Brendan Frazier for sure you are right that not everybody is dying, but even catching this at all is a really terrible thing to have happen to you. If it were simply the regular full-blown flu it would be a pretty terrible thing to happen, and given that this is 3 to 6 times as infectious as the flu, just imagine how bad it would be for the world to have so many people with the regular flu at one time. If 50 to 60% of the worlds population just caught the regular flu this year that would already be a nightmare for the global economy and public health in general.
But this is worse than the regular flu, as we have no herd immunity or antibodies to fight it.
About 20% of the people that catch this thing needs serious care in the hospital, which alone is a fairly traumatic experience. Or even if you don’t get it, but a a family member or close friend does. Imagine the psychological stress of not knowing if they’ll survive or not.
I don’t think the media is blowing this up too much, and in fact I think they could arguably be doing a little bit more. This is a very serious situation and it’s not something anybody should just brush off.
If the worst thing that happens when you catch this is that you’re the sickest you’ve ever been in your entire life for several weeks if not a month and change, that’s still a very terrible thing to have happened to you
We also don’t know if this causes any permanent lung damage. It’s possible that it does, and it’s also possible that you can get reinfected with the virus where it’s worse the second time around. We just don’t know enough yet
But this is worse than the regular flu, as we have no herd immunity or antibodies to fight it.
About 20% of the people that catch this thing needs serious care in the hospital, which alone is a fairly traumatic experience. Or even if you don’t get it, but a a family member or close friend does. Imagine the psychological stress of not knowing if they’ll survive or not.
I don’t think the media is blowing this up too much, and in fact I think they could arguably be doing a little bit more. This is a very serious situation and it’s not something anybody should just brush off.
If the worst thing that happens when you catch this is that you’re the sickest you’ve ever been in your entire life for several weeks if not a month and change, that’s still a very terrible thing to have happened to you
We also don’t know if this causes any permanent lung damage. It’s possible that it does, and it’s also possible that you can get reinfected with the virus where it’s worse the second time around. We just don’t know enough yet
88m3
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The Grand Princess cruise ship is in limbo off the California coast, after a former passenger died from COVID-19. Health workers will now test current passengers for the coronavirus.
Officials believe a passenger was exposed to the novel coronavirus during a trip from San Francisco to Mexico in the middle of February. The ship just returned from Hawaii.
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Coronavirus: Cruise Ship In Limbo Off California After Former Passenger Died
please put this industry out of its misery
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The Grand Princess cruise ship is in limbo off the California coast, after a former passenger died from COVID-19. Health workers will now test current passengers for the coronavirus.
Officials believe a passenger was exposed to the novel coronavirus during a trip from San Francisco to Mexico in the middle of February. The ship just returned from Hawaii.
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Coronavirus: Cruise Ship In Limbo Off California After Former Passenger Died
please put this industry out of its misery
TheDarceKnight
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I've had 2 exes at this point really want to go on cruises and both times I wasn't on board, no pun intended. I've never done one and at this point never will. I've never gotten the appeal.
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
How is this gone to impact the U.S. Census. For 2020?? That shiit is getting underway as we speak
Biden [Whoever DNC Superdelegates select] vs Trump in the middle of a pandemic.
Please restart the 2020 simulation.
Biden [Whoever DNC Superdelegates select] vs Trump in the middle of a pandemic.
Damn. Jokers cant afford to stay home.
The sour ass irony of that movie title
Biden [Whoever DNC Superdelegates select] vs Trump in the middle of a pandemic.
Please restart the 2020 simulation.
Biden [Whoever DNC Superdelegates select] vs Trump in the middle of a pandemic.
Damn. Jokers cant afford to stay home.
Axios
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JUST IN: The opening of the latest James Bond movie "No Time To Die" has been delayed from April until November in response to the coronavirus.
It's the first major picture to suspend its global release in response to the virus outbreak.
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Release of James Bond film "No Time To Die" postponed due to coronavirus
It's the first major picture to suspend its global release in response to the virus outbreak.
The sour ass irony of that movie title
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Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
A floating hotel. So much can go wrong. fukk a cruise.