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Second Death From Virus Is Reported in the U.S.
NYT ^ | March 2, 2020

Posted on 03/02/2020 3:47:50 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

A second person has died of the novel coronavirus in the Seattle area and more confirmed cases of the illness have emerged in Washington State, officials said Sunday evening. Public health leaders in King County, Wash., said a man in his 70s with underlying health conditions died on Saturday at EvergreenHealth hospital in Kirkland. That’s the same facility where officials identified the nation’s first coronavirus death on Saturday — a man in his 50s with underlying health conditions.

Officials also announced three other confirmed coronavirus cases in the county, all at EvergreenHealth. They include a woman in her 80s, a woman in her 90s and a man in his 70s. All were in critical condition with underlying health issues. All four new cases were residents of a nursing facility in Kirkland where two other people — a resident and a worker — had previously tested positive....

The first of those cases was announced on Jan. 21, but this weekend saw a marked uptick in the pace of diagnoses. Twenty-three U.S. cases were announced on Saturday and Sunday, including the country’s first two deaths, both in Washington State.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: corona; coronavirus; covid19; sarscov2; trump
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

When it reaches 0’s H1N1 death toll let me know


21 posted on 03/02/2020 4:39:22 AM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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To: digger48

We need to stop Bernie for sure and make sure Trump is reelected. Healthcare under socialism would be a death sentence for a lot of people.


22 posted on 03/02/2020 4:41:54 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: IamConservative

The flu numbers are estimated at the national level. They estimate that 10% of the population get the flu, but most do not go to the hospital.

It will be the same with this.

Once they get hospitalized, the numbers change a lot. Flu deaths are fairly rare (across all cases.). The Coronavirus cases die at a higher rate/case. The other thing that is troubling is that those who are really sick, stay sick for a longer time.

Just like the flu, this is likely to be mild for a vast majority of people. That’s good.

The bad is that the healthcare system is coming off the flu season and the beds are full with flu patients. Combine the degree of severity (higher than the flu), the length of stay, the degree of high care and resource...this can all impact the normal seasonal operation of the hospital system.

Don’t read a panic tone...I am just explaining why comparisons of an “either/or” situation are misleading. If these things happened consecutively, it would be easy. But the flu and the virus happen concurrently.


23 posted on 03/02/2020 4:43:15 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

Yes, I am worked up because this has all been such a media created hysteria. I tell you what, let’s start getting an update on every traffic fatality or drug overdose too.


24 posted on 03/02/2020 4:44:37 AM PST by Codeflier (All my messages are intended to be friendly interaction, not a personal attack or insulting.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

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25 posted on 03/02/2020 4:47:21 AM PST by sauropod (David Horowitz: “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.”)
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To: Codeflier

The difference is those are already baked into the equation.

Honestly, aside from getting a shot, most people do nothing to prepare for or deal with the flu. I don’t think I’ve ever had a relative in the hospital from the flu, so going through a season without a thought is pretty normal.

And now all of a sudden people are talking about tens of thousands of flu deaths AND this new thing that shut down China.

For people who never knew...this stuff is a shock that pushed them out of their normalcy state.

And the idiots who produce the news are little more than interns. Most of the anchors and reporters are also not putting a lot of research into this either.

All in all, this is a social media storm.

Are there reasons to be concerned? Sure. Are there reasons to line up at Costco all weekend? No. As I told my kids, but one extra meal every week and put it away. Within a short time your family can withstand a shock that lasts for a couple of weeks.

But even on FR, writers are too busy talking past each other to stop and think.


26 posted on 03/02/2020 4:52:39 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: avital2

Since we’re getting near the end of flu season, the number might reach a bit over 20K?

Compare that to coronavirus...so far...2 in the US.

I do find it interesting that there isn’t any info on the demographics of the US fatalities. (I’m thinking elderly)


27 posted on 03/02/2020 5:08:22 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Libloather

What about a murder count by illegal immigrants?


28 posted on 03/02/2020 5:21:36 AM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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Someone needs to start a list (thread), which lists numbers of deaths from really obscure things in the same timeframe as the corona virus outbreak. Keeping corona deaths updated as well for comparison.

as example, deaths by rabid squirrel bites....


29 posted on 03/02/2020 5:25:32 AM PST by BuckeyeGOP
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To: digger48
Chinese commies didn't spend billions to invent (or steal) a bio-weapon that was harmless.
30 posted on 03/02/2020 5:26:12 AM PST by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm)
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To: HombreSecreto

2 deaths and yet you know damn well that there are probably tens of thousands that have/had this thing and don’t even know it.

Clearly the rate of death is way lower than the flu for this very reason.

So ridiculous


31 posted on 03/02/2020 5:27:29 AM PST by BuckeyeGOP
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

A death in Seattle is a reduction in the left wing population.


32 posted on 03/02/2020 5:32:57 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Libloather

Exactly.

New rule for posting on FR: Every post about coronavirus must follow with a post about seasonal flu cases/deaths.

Or so I would like to see...


33 posted on 03/02/2020 5:35:24 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: BuckeyeGOP
Not exactly what you're asking for, but interesting...


34 posted on 03/02/2020 5:35:48 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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To: Libloather

80,000 died from flu last year in America.


35 posted on 03/02/2020 5:36:18 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Fresh Wind

I refuse to buy a mask until the odds of me being killed in a car accident on my way to buy it becomes substantially lower than dying from the corona virus itself.

Just common sense


36 posted on 03/02/2020 5:39:59 AM PST by BuckeyeGOP
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

OMG, the death toll has literally doubled in a matter of days......we’re doomed!


37 posted on 03/02/2020 5:41:14 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want an impeachment pen)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

We have a trip to the PNW planned for June. Thinking of canceling...not because of the illness but, the potential hassle at the airport and or any sort of quarantine.


38 posted on 03/02/2020 5:54:27 AM PST by windowdude
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Close the border until the NYT plasters this headline on the frontpage:

Nobody Died Today


39 posted on 03/02/2020 6:03:26 AM PST by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Don’t panic! It is fast becoming a Y2K event.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/wuhan-closes-makeshift-hospital-as-new-coronavirus-cases-in-china-drop-sharply-idUSKBN20P01K

Hospitals closing, new cases dropping, businesses getting back to work, in Hubei province and its capital of Wuhan.

At ground zero things are looking up.

What, me worry?


40 posted on 03/02/2020 6:06:35 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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