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| maginnovision:
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/coronavirus-donovan-mitchell-joins-rudy-gobert-as-only-traveling-jazz-members-to-test-positive-per-reports/ Apparently basketball players think they're immune then immediately test positive. Pretty dumb. |
| rx8pilot:
I am simply drinking as much alcohol as possible ......from home of course. That should keep me safe or at least put me in a position where I cannot tell the difference. Seriously....in my line of work things are changing rapidly. The annual National Association of Broadcasters show has been cancelled, TV shows, commercials, etc cancelled. These events are BIIIIIIG $$$$$$$. Looking like I will get an amazing opportunity to freshen up the Factory400 and get some lingering projects done. I will take lemons and make some lemonade. |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: FriedLogic on March 12, 2020, 07:54:20 pm --- --- Quote from: james_s on March 12, 2020, 04:11:56 pm --- Even if I end up very ill that still doesn't change the fact that most who contract it will recover without complications. --- End quote --- All this talk of most people not having complications is very misleading. The exact stats for how many need hospital treatment varies, but 12% is the lowest that I've seen, and was often much higher. That is the really big problem here. If great care is not taken then the healthcare system will get overwhelmed. --- End quote --- The main problem is that we don't know how valid those statistics are. In general the health care services only test people with severe symptoms. It is logical that many of those severe cases need hospital treatment. However this doesn't say anything about the cases which manifest as regular flu (or less). As I wrote before: it is very possible only 1% of the infected people are sick enough to get tested. Hypothetically that would reduce your 12% to 0.12% of all infected people. But there is no way of knowing for sure at this moment. |
| FriedLogic:
--- Quote from: nctnico on March 12, 2020, 08:22:00 pm --- The main problem is that we don't know how valid those statistics are. In general the health care services only test people with severe symptoms. It is logical that many of those severe cases need hospital treatment. However this doesn't say anything about the cases which manifest as regular flu (or less). As I wrote before: it is very possible only 1% of the infected people are sick enough to get tested. Hypothetically that would reduce your 12% to 0.12% of all infected people. But there is no way of knowing for sure at this moment. --- End quote --- There is a lot of uncertainty about the statistics, but I've seen no evidence for anything like that. I think that the recent stats for Lombardy in Italy were 40% of those positive needing hospital treatment, and 12% intensive care, but they were just testing those with symptoms. In that case there were around 500 in intensive care mostly from an area with a population that the doctor involved estimated to be around 100,000. Median age of those in intensive care was only 65. Some more notes on Italy in this YouTube video by Dr. John Campbell: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/covid-19-virus/msg2960036/#msg2960036 |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: FriedLogic on March 12, 2020, 08:45:31 pm ---Some more notes on Italy in this YouTube video by Dr. John Campbell: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/covid-19-virus/msg2960036/#msg2960036 --- End quote --- Nothing really new in this video but his statement that we all need to isolate ourselves so we minimise interaction with other people is very valid and that is what most governments are enforcing / suggesting at this moment. |
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