What if.............. (Page 2)

Well, we've got a couple hundred confirmed cases in Colorado, and hospital docs are already reporting that ICUs are filling up quickly, and that we will be out of beds/vents in a couple weeks time if we continue this trajectory. 

It's not deaths, it's the number of people who need intensive care. A lot of these people in the hospital are under 60.  

If we overload the system, we end up like Italy with far more deaths. Look at their death rate vs China today - surpassed China's death # with 1/3 of the cases. It's not pretty.

Facebook post from a Denver ER doc, in the comments he notes the 19 year old is healthy/no comorbidities:

"More and more.

19 year old kid came home from college but not before going on spring break. Two days later, today, parents carried her in. In their arms. Adult respiratory distress (ARDS), Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECHMO- artificial lungs), tubes everywhere, comatose. Has likely been shedding and inhaling virus for days. (caveat- inconsequential details changed so there is zero chance anyone can figure out who I am describing).

Social distancing for everyone. If you don’t, multiply that kid, your kid, you, grandma by 1000’s.

LB, with all possible respect and the acknowledgment that you are absolutely entitled to your opinion.  I believe history will show you to be on the wrong side of this.  NEVER in our lifetimes has a Governor ordered the entire State population to remain home.  NEVER in our lifetimes has a majority of Governers sounded the alarm as is happening today.  NEVER is our lifetimes have hospitals ACROSS THE COUNTRY been overwhelmed and running out of supplies.  Trump will have his legacy before this is over and it won't be the one he had hoped for.  Decisions he is making today will drive the death toll up by multile orders of magnitude.  I only hope and pray that it doesn't take the death of one of your loved ones for you to see the error of your thinking.

It's not just about our lifetime, is it?  This country, and the world, has lost millions to other epidemics, and will do so again.

The best part about this, for me, is listening to old people as we respond to " family disturbances".  It's funny, because the biggest family argument we deal with right now is families trying to get their elderly to isolate.  For the most part, they're  not  having it.  My own mother-in-law is the same.....she gave that up a few days ago.  They'll tell you they've been through this before and never seen this crap.

Your last comment is a dumb one.....all possible respect to you as well.  That's a comment I have never uttered in 60 years and never would.  I hope and pray against the death of anyone I love every day of my life.  They do the same for me.  Still.....we lose family members, as does everyone. 

Hell dude.....you can't even refrain from making a comment against the President.  LOL  But I'm not surprised.....I'm sure you would do it all differently.

This will pass.  Almost everybody, relatively speaking, will survive.  Most of us won't even know someone who was affected....just like we don't know anyone who died from H1N1....even though we lost 12,500 people.  Geez, I don't even know anyone who died of AIDS....and we lost 658,000 people.

I'll quit typing now......as I watch the men and women I work with respond to calls where people are likely infected,  knowing they are putting themselves and their families in harms way.....your comment just pisses me off even more, and I'm losing all possible respect.

I don't have any. I think 2nd guessing is one of the biggest wastes of time ever.  All you can do, with any action,  is learn and move forward.

One of the things I would like to know, is why the use of Chloroquine was not made public and available until now.  From what I have been reading  and studying,  Chloroquine use is likely the reason death rates in S. Korea and Germany are so low, and the reason they have dropped off in China.  This was likely known, or should have been known, prior to the virus getting a foothold here.  Now we're catching up.

I still say the panic is over the top.  The Gov. of California gets on TV to say that there will be 40,000,000 cases of Covid-19 in that state by the end of summer.  WTF?????   That bastard should be locked up.  The media has scared people unneccesarily.  This is a serious situation, but it won't be life and death for 98% of the population, or more.  That is lost in the hype.

BTW - the death rate here is now down to 1.35%.....likely due to Chloroquine usage, which is being used extensively in NY at this time....until they run out.

Without question.....that's part of it.  But the drug is obviously helping, when you look worldwide at where it's being used.

Another number to look at, while trying to stem the panic (which should be an absolute TOP tier priority, but it isn't) is the # of cases in a given population.  Currently in the U.S. there are about 50 cases per 1 million people, and Canada is lower.  Do THAT math after you add in the mortality rate IF you even get the virus. 

The media and others ramping this fear up to absurd levels are already stupid....never mind when it's over.

https://www.peakprosperity.com/forum-topic/chloroquine-use-in-korea-and-china/

Watch and learn.  LOL

I'm not sure I'm following your sarcasm or lack of it, Rog. 

BUT.....I doubt it's a coincidence that the top malaria countries have the lowest covid-19 rate.  Chloroquine is used extensively in those countries as a preventative to malaria....which also appears to work as a preventative for covid-19.

I knew you were.....but I'm too tired to 'cipher.  LOL

Mortality rate now under 1.3%.