First of all, I'm NOT saying its being blown out of proportion as this is very serious, what I am saying if you read what I wrote is that Media reports are not as accurate as one might think, which is a statistical fact. We are all following the "guidance" of social distancing and not endangering others, even us "naysayers". We are intelligent enough to understand that overwhelming the system is "NOT a good idea" right now, and that the "healthy carriers" can be a danger to those with compromised immune systems.mbav8r wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:25 amOh, you’re one of those that think this is all blown out of proportion! I was tested with only very mild symptoms due to my travel history, and regardless of how many are tested, of those tested in Italy, 10% are dying!RippleRock wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:27 am Reported numbers and mortality rates are USELESS. They are only good at causing enough concern to self isolate as to not overload the medical system.
Hundreds of thousands have probably already had it, but were not tested. Mortality rates are only a factor of those "known" with this Flu bug. Since testing varies throughout different regions, (by the number of test kits and people willing to do them) the real numbers will never be known.
It could be said that only those with more serious symptoms are being tested, spiking the mortality percentage. Thus it's not likely nearly as dangerous as the media is reporting.
This is NOT the flu, they have a vaccine for the flu. How many will die because they don’t have access to a ventilator, how many collateral deaths from regular old medical issues like heart attack or stroke because the hospitals are overwhelmed?
Do you honestly think that government policy or reaction is based of the media reports, you think India locked down 1.3 billion people because the media fear machine?
The problem with the mentality of the naysayers is not so much they might get a mild version, it’s that they spread it to people who might not be so lucky.
The smart ones will follow the guidance, the rest, well nothing needs to be said about that!
This IS a version of a respritory virus that causes Flu-like symptoms, a newer strain of the SARS infection of the last decade, same origin, same strain.....and NO they do not have a vaccine for all know Flu viruses. From what is KNOWN, 80% of cases will have only mild symptoms. Few if any will get tested, which badly skews the reported mortality data.
Very, very few are dying that don't have underlying medical conditions like diabetes, heart disease, or other respiratory ailments. These people deserve to live, so social distancing will certainly make assistance more available. I'm sure the Government is more than happy to have the media report the "heavily skewed" mortality rate as fact as it creates fear, and fear keeps people in line.