BigBadVol
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You are going to be very disappointed in life, then. People get sick, and unfortunately, people die. The question is: how far should we go as a society to keep people from catching infections?
There are a whole bunch of things that you should fear more than CV19 when you leave your house. Meningitis, pneumonia, RMSF, RSV, bacterial enterocolitis, even influenza have significantly higher mortality rates than CV19 in young/healthy individuals. The numbers are hard to nail down, but I think we are still at around ten pediatric deaths in the entire nation, and most/all had significant comorbidities.
You are correct. I did get the designation wrong. I did not however incorrectly speak about the mutations. According to multiple sources ranging from CDC to Harvard to John Hopkins to regular media outlets, there are as many as thirty. As Barney pointed out, none have been significant enough protein variations to warrant a new strain? Since the infected host is the source of the mutations, how many more variations will happen before the much anticipated vaccine hits the shelves and how will these viral variants work with the virus.The 19 in COVID-19 is the year it was discovered, not the 19th strain. Good Lord
You are correct. I did get the designation wrong. I did not however incorrectly speak about the mutations. According to multiple sources ranging from CDC to Harvard to John Hopkins to regular media outlets, there are as many as thirty. As Barney pointed out, none have been significant enough protein variations to warrant a new strain? Since the infected host is the source of the mutations, how many more variations will happen before the much anticipated vaccine hits the shelves and how will these viral variants work with the virus.
I do apologize for my ignorance of the 19 designation. Wasn’t my first mistake and probably will not be my last. I made an assumption and we all know what that does.
You probably have already had it yet you could still enjoy a steak and a Coors Light with family. I'm not saying we should have football. In some ways this is a time for people to adjust to other things that are important but I think sports is needed to level the rigors of life. With that said, that is why sports shouldn't mix with other things.
Right on the money. My original point was that if the availability of a reliable and effective vaccine for SAHRS-Cov-2 is the criteria for moving for forward with life as close to normal as possible, it may be a while.We just don’t know how effective vaccines being investigated now will be for future mutations. That is why it’s essential to test a wide variety of potential vaccines now (and not wait and do this sequentially). It’s speculation on my part but I think we will see a reasonably effective vaccine available in 2021. Even when the first one becomes available, we need to continue and investigate better ones.
this is missing the point. We have about 925,000 hospital beds in this country. If we allow this disease to spread uncontrolled through the population, every hospital bed will be occupied. Voluntary procedures and treatment for other medical problems becomes impossible due to lack of capacity. If you have a heart attack in such conditions, you're dead. Just look at what is happening in Texas this week. They thought they had the virus under control and began to reopen prematurely. In a few weeks, it'll be New York City all over again.
You know with the the exception of a few hospitals, they sat empty. Don’t believe the BS! Several of my friends, all doctors, have called it a joke. People that needed surgeries couldn’t get them yet beds sat empty. You watch too much CNN and others. Doctors and nurses have been laid off. It’s absolute BS!
You know with the the exception of a few hospitals, they sat empty. Don’t believe the BS! Several of my friends, all doctors, have called it a joke.
People that needed surgeries couldn’t get them yet beds sat empty. You watch too much CNN and others. Doctors and nurses have been laid off. It’s absolute BS!
I don’t think it’s happening, or if it does, it will be short lived because probably a week into the season there will be outbreaks on campuses or within football programs. Once that happens the overreactions will ensue and everything will be shut down again. This will be life in America until there is a reliable vaccine.
The reason why beds sat empty is because we took aggressive measures to control the spread of the pandemic. Doing nothing or going back to business as usual means exponential caseloads and full hospital beds.
And it was wrong. Cases are going back up daily now and hospitals are just fine. Shutting down the country in the manner we did turned out to be the wrong decision.
I'll come back to this in 28 days, when a thousand Americans are dying from this disease every single day.Do you understand the meaning of Death rate going down?
I'll come back to this in 28 days, when a thousand Americans are dying from this disease every single day.
Texas Covid-19 cases hit all-time daily high as Houston hospitals near capacity
Thanks for the citation but if you are trying to convince me of your argument a known left wing source such as Guardian will not do it.
How about citation from a more centered group.
It's going to be ok.
Association: Texas hospitals have capacity to handle COVID influx