Posted on 03/07/2020 3:58:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
US hospitals are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections and nearly half a million deaths from the outbreak, leaked documents have revealed.
The spread of the deadly disease could be far worse than officials claim, with 480,000 Americans expected to die from the virus and 4.8 million hospitalized, according to a presentation hosted by The American Hospital Association (AHA) in February.
This puts the crisis on a level more than 10 times greater than that seen in a severe flu season.
The shock figures fly in the face of claims made by President Trump who has maintained on many occasions that the risk to Americans is 'low'.
Dr. James Lawler, a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, presented the harrowing 'best guess' estimates of the extent of the outbreak to hospitals and health professionals as part of the AHA webinar called 'What healthcare leaders need to know: Preparing for the COVID-19' on February 26.
The slides, obtained by Business Insider, suggest that hospitals need to ramp up preparations now to reduce the death toll around the US.
At the time of the presentation last week, there were more than 80,000 confirmed cases around the globe.
In the US there was around 60 cases and no deaths.
Fast forward just one week, and the US has around 700 cases and 17 confirmed deaths.
Worldwide, more than 100,000 people have now been infected.
The leaked slides also reveal the significant risks to older people and those with pre-existing health conditions if they catch coronavirus.
People aged 80 and over have a 14.8% chance of dying if they contract the infection, the slides revealed.
The risk declines with youth, though those aged 70-79 and 60-69 are still placed at a significant risk, with 8% and 3.6% mortality rates respectively.
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Should help with the traffic problem I guess
Almost all of the deaths came from the nursing home(And 2 more elderly in Florida who also traveled internationally) even the swine flu which was terrible didnt kill half a million people this is pure propaganda
Preparing. Could. For this or something else.
Good idea to plan and be prepared. The more of us that do basic planning, the less likely to need it.
So they project a 0.5% mortality rate.
Business Insider is a Trump hit job rag
I agree. Pure hyped-up, panic feeding, propaganda.
1. You probably won’t get it.
2. You could get it and survive.
3. You could get it and not survive.
The commies would love nothing more than mass death to blame on Trump..its a virus yes its a bad virus but damn so is the flu, otherwise over 50,000 yearly wouldnt die from it if it were a walk in the park..any virus can be deadly
Yes, Business Insider has always been a far left propaganda outlet.
It’s a joke of a publication
Sad what passes for “journalism” these says
Propaganda Pravda-style
Might be fearmongering but good for the health care industry planning NOT to be caught with their scrub pants down
This is all based on the guesswork of one man.
First question is, what are his deep state connections?
The bad thing is that when none of this pans out, they just move on as if they never said it. There aren’t any consequences for being wrong.
So they are making plans that one third of the population gets infected. After subtracting young people this could be about a 50 percent infection rate that they are planning to be equipped for.
Learn how to PREVENT getting infected by the virus.
It is lot cheaper than going to hospitals or be quarantined.
Hospitals could in now way take care of 1/3 the population, in now way do the stats come anywhere close to exponential growth, sickness or death.
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