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Heelyes said:
In the short term next week is going to make people wish that they could approach today's level
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Maybe, it’s been a bad week and might be a few weeks for some. The correction was needed and overdue. We will be in better shape long term because of this event.


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Storm5 said:
Couldn’t tell you what China’s done nor do I care . These are US statistics


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It’s not like you’d get any truthful stats from the Ministry of Disinformation. Their Kommissar wouldn’t know the truth if it fell out of the sky, landed on his face, and started wiggling.
 
Storm5 said:
I’ve seen many people saying once it’s starts to warm up over the next few months it will die off like the flu does and that next year could be really bad ( speaking of the coronavirus )

Anyone know if that’s true regarding warmth killing it off . Hell I didn’t even know that’s why the flu goes away hahah makes sense though


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Yeah, I mentioned this in my first few posts in this thread. Got in some heated discussion because of it. As a healthcare professional and standing by my original statement, I expect to see numbers wane in summer (and by wane I mean gradually not instantly stop). “Kill off” is probably not the right terminology, as the virus is almost certainly to linger throughout the year, but warm temps should aid in helping the virus slow its progression - much like the seasonal flu. All with the caveats: 1) Yes it’s too early to know for sure 2) no one knows for sure, but if the many viruses known to man are any fraction of a hint it should be helpful


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Do we really expect a guy that looks like Winnie The Pooh to let us have the truth?
 
Jon said:
Yeah, I mentioned this in my first few posts in this thread. Got in some heated discussion because of it. As a healthcare professional and standing by my original statement, I expect to see numbers wane in summer (and by wane I mean gradually not instantly stop). “Kill off” is probably not the right terminology, as the virus is almost certainly to linger throughout the year, but warm temps should aid in helping the virus slow its progression - much like the seasonal flu. All with the caveats: 1) Yes it’s too early to know for sure 2) no one knows for sure, but if the many viruses known to man are any fraction of a hint it should be helpful


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You’re a really smart guy. I like reading your takes on things. I would share my Macallan 12 with you.
 
There seems to be a major difference of opinion on this board and by the public. I don't understand how there are numerous disease experts saying we can expect 40 to 70 percent of the country to be infected and 20 percent of those people will need to be in a hospital and people bring up the flu. I know it hasn't happened yet but it is very possible. This is on top of the regular flu patient. This reminds me of when the professional meteorologist are saying it's not going to snow but weenies on this site say it will because one run of one model said it would.
 
tramadoc said:
So who did I tick off to find a ton of my responses deleted? Did I cross a line or something? Did I hurt someone’s feelings? Bah... deal with it. LOL
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Dude, the staff are the only one's who can delete post and it was I. Not ticked off, no hurt feelings but we've asked over and over to keep the political debate out of this thread. It wasnt just your post that were deleted. One more "deal with it" comment or continued disregard for our request will get you a temporary ban. This is a public warning not only to you but all members...thanks
 
Heelyes said:
There seems to be a major difference of opinion on this board and by the public. I don't understand how there are numerous disease experts saying we can expect 40 to 70 percent of the country to be infected and 20 percent of those people will need to be in a hospital and people bring up the flu. I know it hasn't happened yet but it is very possible. This is on top of the regular flu patient. This reminds me of when the professional meteorologist are saying it's not going to snow but weenies on this site say it will because one run of one model said it would.
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40-70 was from that Harvard professor right? Who else said 40-70%?


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pcbjr said:
I've read reports (not verified) based on some prelim lab tests that this virus does not thrive in humidity, but spurts in drier environs ... if that's the case, summer being wet and RH being less in the winter perhaps summer will result in a hiatus ... we'll see; will be intersting (and sad perhaps) to see what happens in the SH -- their winter/our summer ...

However, there is a case now reported in Iceland, so the reports I've read may be bunk ...
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Isn’t Iceland low in humidity and cold? Lol

It’s going to be interesting to watch the Southern Hemisphere and Mexico and warmer areas. So far a lot of the cases are people who are arriving infected from other areas and it’s not actually community spread.

I’d imagine spread will still be possible in these warmer climates so community spread WILL eventually be reported, but the R0 in those areas will likely be lower and spread slower than dry/cooler climates.

This virus will set the stage for pandemic preparedness and contagion research for decades to come. Interesting times ahead.


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What makes this virus such a problem is the elevated, but somewhat low death rate, viruses like that spread easy, this thing will likely spread in the US, it’s as simple as that, whether it slows down during the warm season and picks back up again next fall/winter or picks up during the warm season, it’s extremely difficult to contain a virus that spreads like that and those cases appearing in Washington state/California is a example of that, lack of testing to, but hey, US has done decent with quarantine, I still wanna bet there’s many right now with the virus that isn’t getting tested
 
Heelyes said:
There seems to be a major difference of opinion on this board and by the public. I don't understand how there are numerous disease experts saying we can expect 40 to 70 percent of the country to be infected and 20 percent of those people will need to be in a hospital and people bring up the flu. I know it hasn't happened yet but it is very possible. This is on top of the regular flu patient. This reminds me of when the professional meteorologist are saying it's not going to snow but weenies on this site say it will because one run of one model said it would.
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Can you link to the specific experts saying up to 70% of the country will be infected? Are we seeing those numbers in any area currently? That’s an extremely high number. That’s 228 million people in the United States alone. To put it into context, Spanish flu was 28%


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Heelyes said:
Even a fraction of that number is more than our hospital and economy can handle. How much is this going to cost?
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If you are that concerned about this do whats right for you and your family whatever that is. It almost sounds like you are craving others to join in and panic along with you. The world's not going to end and the country isnt going to go into the crapper. Just my 2 cents
 
Sandbar said:
If you are that concerned about this do whats right for you and your family whatever that is. It almost sounds like you are craving others to join in and panic along with you. The world's not going to end and the country isnt going to go into the crapper. Just my 2 cents
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The world isn't going to end and I don't think many think that. What I think is the virus will have a negative effect on the economy. I'm not going to get into it in this thread because it's political and we aren't doing that here. The virus will drain money trying to contain it worldwide and the Chinese factories being shut down will show us just how much our economy is powered by China.
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Anyone on the board infected yet?
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I pray (I’m not religious) that I don’t get it. Lime I’ve said before, I lost my spleen in April from a nearly fatal car accident, and I have Stage 1 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. My lymphocyte and leukocyte levels are really good right now, but being immuno-suppressed puts me in danger. This spreads by dividing cells to make new cells faster than normal. These cells also don't die when they should. This allows them to build up in the bone marrow, crowding out normal cells. At some point these cells leave the bone marrow and spill into the bloodstream. This increases the number of white blood cells in the blood. Once in the blood, leukemia cells can spread to other organs, where they can prevent other cells in the body from functioning normally. These cells crowd out red blood cells a lot of times and make me iron deficient. Last summer I had to have two iron transfusions.
 
Jon said:
Can you link to the specific experts saying up to 70% of the country will be infected? Are we seeing those numbers in any area currently? That’s an extremely high number. That’s 228 million people in the United States alone. To pu
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Sandbar said:
If you are that concerned about this do whats right for you and your family whatever that is. It almost sounds like you are craving others to join in and panic along with you. The world's not going to end and the country isnt going to go into the crapper. Just my 2 cents
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You are right and I hope this is the Dems trying to sabotage trump and or the Chinese trying to win the trade war.
 


So the professor who said the 40-70% number is currently trying to walk back and use context to further explain what he meant.

He was speaking if adults only.

He means globally (so a large percentage of those infected I’m sure are 3rd world counties without the infrastructure to handle such an event)

He assumes a large portion are asymptomatic meaning they don’t even progress into any illness, so they just help spread the virus without falling ill.

Talk about assumptions...


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Jon said:


So the professor who said the 40-70% number is currently trying to walk back and use context to further explain what he meant.

He was speaking if adults only.

He means globally (so a large percentage of those infected I’m sure are 3rd world counties without the infrastructure to handle such an event)

He assumes a large portion are asymptomatic meaning they don’t even progress into any illness, so they just help spread the virus without falling ill.

Talk about assumptions...


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Kind of like assuming april will save us
 
tramadoc said:
I pray (I’m not religious) that I don’t get it. Lime I’ve said before, I lost my spleen in April from a nearly fatal car accident, and I have Stage 1 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. My lymphocyte and leukocyte levels are really good right now, but being immuno-suppressed puts me in danger. This spreads by dividing cells to make new cells faster than normal. These cells also don't die when they should. This allows them to build up in the bone marrow, crowding out normal cells. At some point these cells leave the bone marrow and spill into the bloodstream. This increases the number of white blood cells in the blood. Once in the blood, leukemia cells can spread to other organs, where they can prevent other cells in the body from functioning normally. These cells crowd out red blood cells a lot of times and make me iron deficient. Last summer I had to have two iron transfusions.
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I’m a Juvenile diabetic. T1D. Very controlled. As long as my medications are available, I can very well manage. I was one of the lucky ones who was able to realize my mortality at a young age. Healthy or not, we’re all here for a very very short time. We just do the best we can.
 
Jon said:


So the professor who said the 40-70% number is currently trying to walk back and use context to further explain what he meant.

He was speaking if adults only.

He means globally (so a large percentage of those infected I’m sure are 3rd world counties without the infrastructure to handle such an event)

He assumes a large portion are asymptomatic meaning they don’t even progress into any illness, so they just help spread the virus without falling ill.

Talk about assumptions...


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I’d listen to him since he’s pretty much one of the foremost experts on epidemiology in the US.
 
ForsythSnow said:
The world isn't going to end and I don't think many think that. What I think is the virus will have a negative effect on the economy. I'm not going to get into it in this thread because it's political and we aren't doing that here. The virus will drain money trying to contain it worldwide and the Chinese factories being shut down will show us just how much our economy is powered by China.
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Of course it will affect the economy. Terrorist knocked down the 2 largest buildings in NY (symbols of our economy) and our economy came back to life in just a matter of months. I dont think this is anything remotely close to concerning
 
Sandbar said:
Of course it will affect the economy. Terrorist knocked down the 2 largest buildings in NY (symbols of our economy) and our economy came back to life in just a matter of months. I dont think this is anything remotely close to concerning
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No offense but those two buildings didn't impact the global economy like this virus
 
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