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Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big
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OMG they were in town at the Peake tonight. I was just diagnosed with the flu today and now this.
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Also the whole asymptomatic for over 5 days is a really fucking scary part of this virus.
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I assume you are inhaling your wacky tobbacy from a poorly converted glass 'vase' that you make no attempt to sterilize.
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He still gave it to his team and they likely spread it to the arena's staff.
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It's more like 14 to thirty days, and maybe at least two strains.
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Yeah, our public health labs already have a backlog. LabCorp is...testing but I don't think the CDC will even track presumptive positives from them. It's a nightmare.
Basically if you're feeling short of breath then call somebody. County health department first, then your insurance company tele triage, then a local hospital's emergency department. In that order. Someone should, hopefully, be able to tell you what to do.
Please call before you show up though so triage can don PPE (although all the hospitals in my area have tents up now thanks to me.)
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This will all end in tears, I just know it.
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Everyone I've talked to about it treats it like a joke. I can't help but feel like the comparisons to the flu don't make sense imo because the pandemic isn't over yet, we won't know how deadly it is until it's over because we've never had a COVID-19 before, meanwhile we've had the flu for how long? Not only that but the CCP are doing everything in their power to lie about it short of denying it ever existed in the first place, not to mention the limited tests that have been conducted for people who do have it but don't know it. That means the numbers we have are only the apparent peak of the glacier and it's not over yet. Not to mention that the flu doesn't buttfuck the economy every year to the point that entire countries are hoarding the medications they manufacture for other markets. If it were really just a flu, I don't see why the world over would have overreacted so hard to it or why China would've bothered taking over the top precautions to prevent its spread.
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I'm assuming your ass is jumping around my question of explaining how your beloved coronavirus, the paranoia surrounding it that you suck your dick to, is more contagious and deadly than the majority of flus and viruses that have happened from around the world.
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Republicans block emergency sick leave bill as coronavirus outbreak spreads across US
In New York, Democratic governor announces guaranteed paid sick leave for government employees
Senate Republicans have blocked an emergency paid sick leave bill aimed at helping deal with complications stemming from the coronavirus outbreak, arguing that the federal government should not foot the bill for the measure that Democrats claim is a public health imperative.
The Republican resistance to paid sick leave for employees in the United States comes as the deadly virus continues to spread throughout the country, which has led state governments to consider their paid leave policies and how those might impact worker safety.
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How poetic -- the NBA gargled Chinese cock last year, and now they get shut down because of a virus originating from China. Sometimes you truly do get what you fucking deserve.
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That is fake news, you dumb fucking faggot.
5 Things Everyone Should Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak > Storie…
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lol, the entire comment section is tearing him apart for giving a goofy sigh of relief when he thought the cameras weren't rolling.
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Congress regardless which side is corrupt as shit.Republicans block emergency sick leave bill as coronavirus outbreak spreads across US
In New York, Democratic governor announces guaranteed paid sick leave for government employeeswww.independent.co.uk
Senate Republicans have blocked an emergency paid sick leave bill aimed at helping deal with complications stemming from the coronavirus outbreak, arguing that the federal government should not foot the bill for the measure that Democrats claim is a public health imperative.
The Republican resistance to paid sick leave for employees in the United States comes as the deadly virus continues to spread throughout the country, which has led state governments to consider their paid leave policies and how those might impact worker safety.
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One good thing about this whole situation? Maybe it'll empty out some fucking comment sections for a while.
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The reason is clear when you take a braod view of the consequences of a new virus and mass infections. Yes, we know younger and healthy people will get sick and then get better. That's not the point.
The point is the added and unbearable strain this illness puts on healthcare systems worldwide. It throws up enough severe cases to wipe out every single ICU bed in the country. Beds that are already at capacity with normal stuff like accident victims, stroke victims, the general panoply of illnesses that require ICU beds.
Go find out the number of ICU beds in your area/state/country. Trust me when I say they are generally full especially in winter. Now imagine the consequences of adding say, five times the number of people desperately needing intubation as their lungs are unable to supply oxygen enough to their bodies sue to COVID and the pneumonia and general systemic collpase it can cause.
Add the numbers of severely ill with a new mass infection which as yet no vaccine exists for and nobody has immunity to, and even top tier healthcare systems and hospitals are going to collapse. Which means that someone who didn't need to die is going to die. A lot of people without the new virus may die because of lack of resources and competition for beds when push comes to shove. People are still going to need ICU for strokes, accidents, people are still going to need inpatient treatment for cancer and so on, come what may.
The impact becomes even worse if frontline healthcare workers who keep everyone alive in normal circumstances are rendered non-functional by the new disease. You cannot replace doctors and nurses with volunteers, each takes many years to educate and train. It rips through a hospital at a staff level and patients will die. This is why it's vital to slow the roll of infection via various measures. Nobody's health system can cope with the alternative.
Btw, the mortality does seem to be much higher than normal flu, which is 0.1%. I've seen everything from 2-6% for this new thing. That's exponentially huge numbers needing ICU on that basis alone.
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I mean you can't always come to agreements that easily.
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Republicans block emergency sick leave bill as coronavirus outbreak spreads across US
In New York, Democratic governor announces guaranteed paid sick leave for government employees
Senate Republicans have blocked an emergency paid sick leave bill aimed at helping deal with complications stemming from the coronavirus outbreak, arguing that the federal government should not foot the bill for the measure that Democrats claim is a public health imperative.
The Republican resistance to paid sick leave for employees in the United States comes as the deadly virus continues to spread throughout the country, which has led state governments to consider their paid leave policies and how those might impact worker safety.
Trump already announced that he wants 28 days sick leave mandated. They're just doing the usual politicking.
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Yeah, but these are the same guys who'll blow the federal reserve on their own paychecks.
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You're trusting the goddamn WHO?
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