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Coronavirus (COVID-19) is too exciting for adults to discuss (CLOSED)

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Jaxbuck said:
So if that guy is right and the Chinese way is the only effective solution then all this stuff we are doing is a waste and the entire western world is likely fucked because the "fever centers" that aren't concentration camps thing just isn't going to work.

Maybe I missed something?
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A friend of mine who is COO for a company who manages a couple hundred urgent care facilities across a few states relayed similar thoughts as what were presented in that tweet above your post. If you think this is real or not, or have opinions about the severity and lethality if contracted... that’s all up to you (royal, not calling you out @Jaxbuck). But there is one thing that he made abundantly clear. That is the importance of flattening and extending the contraction curve based on the healthcare system’s ability to help those who require help. Managing to capacity is as critical to saving lives as anything.
 
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gmen6981 said:
Agree. But it's what's offered. I know this is the wrong forum for this, but I just had to say my piece. That really pissed me off!
I work for a relatively small company ( about 30 employees ) and up here in NW OH, with the Promedica and Mercy monopolies, it really is about the standard thing available. most people I know are in a similar boat.
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Under 50 employees changes everything. Over 50 employees and the ACA ensures what you receive is under a certain percentage of what the lowest employee of the company makes.
 
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Bill Lucas said:
It's amazing that Americans see that there are 23000 ICU beds in NYC and don't have a clue that at any given point in time 80% of them are occupied so there are only 3000 available at any given moment.
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They have emergency plans that allow some flex so, while not ideal, the numbers aren't that fixed.They learned a lot during EBOLA.

The 80% that are already in the ICU (non COVID-19) can be put on other floors and receive quality care. You ICU/MICUs then become the ingestion point for the COVID victims because they have the staff that are trained on the proper protocols. So a large portion of those 23,000 ICU beds would indeed become available for COVID patients if the number should get that high.

So far we haven't seen anything near that, thank Woody.
 
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lvbuckeye said:
25k KNOWN cases. How many people just thought they had the flu or a bad cold and never got tested?
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I don't give a shit. That number might go either way. You go off what you know, not what you don't know. Right now the mortality rate is deaths vs total confirmed cases. It SHOULD lower as the number grows, but at the moment Italy is in bad shape.

heisman said:
There are over 150k cases though.
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https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

169k with 6,500 dead. That's near 4% total. Good news champ, we're half way to your swine flu comparison and things are just getting started.
 
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