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From the College website:
There are no positive COVID-19 cases in our community at this time. Currently, we have one student who has self-quarantined after being seen at the Health Center presenting symptoms prompting a test to determine if the symptoms are related to COVID-19. The student and their apartment mates will remain in isolation until the diagnosis is determined or the illness is resolved
 
The sad fact us after the first week of mayhem and people realize that a healthy person up until 50 has an almost zero chance of dying, many will go back to not caring which is when this could rapidly infect nursing homes and senior citizens.
 
Italy has over 200 deaths in the last 24 hrs....total sh-tshow over there.

Read some things about flu deaths and found this to be very interesting read that basically shows that flu deaths ( actual flu deaths ) are way overstated in the US and most other countries....its always flu and pneumonia but most are pneumonia and then most of the pneumonia cases are not linked to the flu...so those 30-60k flu deaths every year are really mostly pneumonia and most of the pneumonia cases are not linked to the flu....

www.huffingtonpost.ca

Don't Believe Everything You Read About Flu Deaths

The CDC's decision to play up flu deaths dates back a decade, when it realized the public wasn't following its advice on the flu vaccine. During the 2003 flu season "the manufacturers were telling us that they weren't receiving a lot of orders for vaccine,"Dr. Glen Nowak, associate director for...
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"But why are flu and pneumonia bundled together?" the article asks. "Is the relationship so strong or unique to warrant characterizing them as a single cause of death?"

The article's answer is no. Most pneumonia deaths are unrelated to influenza. For example, "stomach acid suppressing drugs are associated with a higher risk of community-acquired pneumonia, but such drugs and pneumonia are not compiled as a single statistic," explained Dr. David Rosenthal, director of Harvard University Health Services. "People don't necessarily die, per se, of the [flu] virus -- the viraemia. What they die of is a secondary pneumonia."

Pneumonia, according to the American Lung Association, has more than 30 different causes, influenza being but one of them. The CDC itself acknowledges the slim relationship, saying "only a small proportion of deaths... only 8.5 per cent of all pneumonia and influenza deaths [are] influenza-related."
 
Shaggy said:
Regarding the whole panic is bad mentality. I say this. Panic can be a problem and can lead to things like economic slowdowns and burdensome closures.

However complacency can prove deadly to a lot of people.
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We have a saying in the teams. Dont run to your death. It means several things, not panicking being one of them. Be alert, be vigilant, focused and keep your head straight
 
Downeastnc said:
Italy has over 200 deaths in the last 24 hrs....total sh-tshow over there.

Read some things about flu deaths and found this to be very interesting read that basically shows that flu deaths ( actual flu deaths ) are way overstated in the US and most other countries....its always flu and pneumonia but most are pneumonia and then most of the pneumonia cases are not linked to the flu...so those 30-60k flu deaths every year are really mostly pneumonia and most of the pneumonia cases are not linked to the flu....

www.huffingtonpost.ca

Don't Believe Everything You Read About Flu Deaths

The CDC's decision to play up flu deaths dates back a decade, when it realized the public wasn't following its advice on the flu vaccine. During the 2003 flu season "the manufacturers were telling us that they weren't receiving a lot of orders for vaccine,"Dr. Glen Nowak, associate director for...
www.huffingtonpost.ca www.huffingtonpost.ca

"But why are flu and pneumonia bundled together?" the article asks. "Is the relationship so strong or unique to warrant characterizing them as a single cause of death?"

The article's answer is no. Most pneumonia deaths are unrelated to influenza. For example, "stomach acid suppressing drugs are associated with a higher risk of community-acquired pneumonia, but such drugs and pneumonia are not compiled as a single statistic," explained Dr. David Rosenthal, director of Harvard University Health Services. "People don't necessarily die, per se, of the [flu] virus -- the viraemia. What they die of is a secondary pneumonia."

Pneumonia, according to the American Lung Association, has more than 30 different causes, influenza being but one of them. The CDC itself acknowledges the slim relationship, saying "only a small proportion of deaths... only 8.5 per cent of all pneumonia and influenza deaths [are] influenza-related."
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It’s also been stated that other countries said pneumonia was cause of death instead of coronavirus.
 
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