For me, it’s not panic. I want payback from the brutal Communist Chinese.
19,000 people attended CPAC.
Wait ... what’s this? There’s a virus? Is it bad?
If everything were exactly the same minus the media hype, our lives would have continued on like every other year, and nobody would know what coronavirus is.
From Feb 12th 2010...”H1N1 swine flu has killed as many as 17,000 Americans, including 1,800 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.”
Excellent article.
Clear thinking is needed amidst all the crazy stuff.
It looks like there may be a worldwide rush on TP.
Btt
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Jason Van Schoor
@jasonvanschoor
From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy:
1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in Italy, and also give some quick direct advice about what you should do.
2/ First, Lumbardy is the most developed region in Italy and it has a extraordinary good healthcare, I have worked in Italy, UK and Aus and don’t make the mistake to think that what is happening is happening in a 3rd world country.
3/ The current situation is difficult to imagine and numbers do not explain things at all. Our hospitals are overwhelmed by Covid-19, they are running 200% capacity
4/ We’ve stopped all routine, all ORs have been converted to ITUs and they are now diverting or not treating all other emergencies like trauma or strokes. There are hundreds of pts with severe resp failure and many of them do not have access to anything above a reservoir mask.
5/ Patients above 65 or younger with comorbidities are not even assessed by ITU, I am not saying not tubed, I’m saying not assessed and no ITU staff attends when they arrest. Staff are working as much as they can but they are starting to get sick and are emotionally overwhelmed.
6/ My friends call me in tears because they see people dying in front of them and they con only offer some oxygen. Ortho and pathologists are being given a leaflet and sent to see patients on NIV. PLEASE STOP, READ THIS AGAIN AND THINK.
7/ We have seen the same pattern in different areas a week apart, and there is no reason that in a few weeks it won’t be the same everywhere, this is the pattern: 8/ 1)A few positive cases, first mild measures, people are told to avoid ED but still hang out in groups, everyone says not to panick
2)Some moderate resp failures and a few severe ones that need tube, but regular access to ED is significantly reduced so everything looks great
9/ 3)Tons of patients with moderate resp failure, that overtime deteriorate to saturate ICUs first, then NIVs, then CPAP hoods, then even O2.
4)Staff gets sick so it gets difficult to cover for shifts, mortality spikes also from all other causes that can’t be treated properly.
Yeah, but if we shouldn’t panic, why did Matt Schlap and other idiots self quarantine ?
Seriously, just saw him on Ingrahm saying don’t panic while panicking on Skype.
I’m not panicking and not worried at all.
COMCAST-19
Usually clicking on and reading the full article is a good practice on FR...in this case not so...it went down hill after the excerpt, some really badly researched & written journalism.
A google doc updated daily as to the count per state:
This was the worst story in the U.S. aside from the CPAC folks. This guy was in TIMES SQUARE for a medical conference. Not good.
https://abc7ny.com/health/man-hospitalized-in-nj-for-covid-19-speaks-about-virus/5997049/
As of now US has ~29 deaths. Twenty of the death were linked to Life Care Center nursing facility in Kirkland.
This thing is no more than a weapon for the dims to use,
AND THEY ARE DELIGHTED,
I can’t believe we allowed them to do this to us.
We are smarter than that, aren’t we??
Thanks for posting this.
We no want get Flu Manchu!
I’ve read some interesting articles on this bug. If your immune system is just hanging out in it’s normal state, this bug will only give you minor symptoms. I read one case where a healthy woman had a low grade fever for 6 hours and that was it. However, if your immune system is already fighting something like cancer, flu, etc, the virus can put your immune system in overdrive and fill your lungs with fluid. The cytokine storm. One article called it a “comorbid” condition.
The entire Left is rubbing its hands and trying to mentally project Trump to get the WuHanFlu and die along with all the other conservatives at that convention, and all their mates and children.
The over hype from the media is akin to pulling fire alarms when there is no fire, a crime.
Meanwhile FReepers panic in ignorance and not watching the daily Task Group briefing. It’s better to read the internet and panic rather than expose your self to truth