Italy reports 475 coronavirus deaths, the highest single-day death toll for any country since the outbreak began

Business Insider ^ | March 18 2020 | Rhea Mahbubani and Kieran Corcoran

[abb]

We know one thing that lockdowns accomplish, and really fast, too.

https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_ff576b1e-696a-11ea-a08e-c7120cde379e.html
‘Tens of thousands’ of layoffs expected next week in tourism-dependent New Orleans

[Vermont Lt]

The median age of the dying, reported yesterday, is 80.

[Vermont Lt]

They are usually not like that.

The photos I saw were clearly “ward style” bed set up in non standard rooms. This looked similar to the overflow hospitals in China.

The US will look like that in some places. Not everywhere. But some places.

[mewzilla]

Inspiring: Samaritan's Purse Airlifts Field Hospital to Coronavirus-Striken Italy

[devane617]

>>”I still think China had much higher numbers based on various reports.”<<

I agree. We will never know the true death toll in China. They have gone into propaganda mode and refuse to reveal the true source or extent of impact.

[Leep]

Are they “quarantining” the infected?

[WashingtonSource]

Singapore is near the equator and so it is hot and humid most of the time. These are supposedly conditions that slow the transmission of the virus. It’s summertime there all year.

[ilgipper]

As of a couple days ago, new cases started flattening, meaning spread may have peaked. Deaths would be a lagging number as it takes time for the disease to kill the person. We would likely see more days like this and then as new cases drop (hopefully) the number dead would start deceasing.

[Rashputin]

"The median number of days for the incubation period is 5.1 days."

Dunk a Shane

[familyop]

Stop falsely accusing others for your problems.

Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3825983/posts
"But of the 508 patients known to have been hospitalized, 38 percent were notably younger — between 20 and 54. And nearly half of the 121 patients who were admitted to intensive care units were adults under 65, the C.D.C. reported."

CDC analysis shows coronavirus poses serious risk for younger people
The Hill ^ | 03 18 2020 | Reid Wilson
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488325-cdc-data-show-coronavirus-poses-serious-risk-for-younger-people
"A new CDC analysis of more than 2,400 cases of COVID-19 that have occurred in the United States in the last month shows that between 1 in 7 and 1 in 5 people between the ages of 20 and 44 in the sample of those who are confirmed cases require hospitalization..."

Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing whitehouse.gov ^ | March 18, 2020 | President Donald J Trump and others https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3825895/posts
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-5/

“DR. BIRX: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President, Mr. Vice President. So, you know, we continue to look at data every single day. There are concerning reports coming out of France and Italy about some young people getting seriously ill, and very seriously ill in the ICUs.

We think part of this may be that people heeded the early data coming out of China and coming out of South Korea that the elderly or those with preexisting medical conditions were at particular risk. It may have been that the millennial generation, our largest generation, our future generation that will carry us through for the next multiple decades, there may be a disproportional number of infections among that group. And so even if it’s a rare occurrence, it may be seen more frequently in that group and be evident now.”

[familyop]

Full attribution for quotations (authors, publications, etc.).

Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.
The New York Times ^ | March 18, 2020 | Pam Belluck
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3825983/posts
"But of the 508 patients known to have been hospitalized, 38 percent were notably younger — between 20 and 54. And nearly half of the 121 patients who were admitted to intensive care units were adults under 65, the C.D.C. reported."

CDC analysis shows coronavirus poses serious risk for younger people
The Hill ^ | 03 18 2020 | Reid Wilson
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488325-cdc-data-show-coronavirus-poses-serious-risk-for-younger-people
"A new CDC analysis of more than 2,400 cases of COVID-19 that have occurred in the United States in the last month shows that between 1 in 7 and 1 in 5 people between the ages of 20 and 44 in the sample of those who are confirmed cases require hospitalization..."

Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing whitehouse.gov ^ | March 18, 2020 | President Donald J Trump and others https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3825895/posts
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-5/

“DR. BIRX: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President, Mr. Vice President. So, you know, we continue to look at data every single day. There are concerning reports coming out of France and Italy about some young people getting seriously ill, and very seriously ill in the ICUs.

We think part of this may be that people heeded the early data coming out of China and coming out of South Korea that the elderly or those with preexisting medical conditions were at particular risk. It may have been that the millennial generation, our largest generation, our future generation that will carry us through for the next multiple decades, there may be a disproportional number of infections among that group. And so even if it’s a rare occurrence, it may be seen more frequently in that group and be evident now.”