Covid 19 more along the lines of the flu

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.[2]

(https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387#)

I blame Stephen King’s ā€œThe Standā€ for the hysteria. Him killing off like 90 percent of the population with ā€œCaptain Tripps,ā€ added with the Spanish influenza of the last century - a real pandemic, and the world begins scrambling.

It makes me wish I still had my ā€œHappy Birthday to the Plagueā€ t-shirt I bought from National Lampoon back in the 1980’s. We still see cases of the plague and nobody talks about it.

Getting sick sucks, and as a diabetic it sucks more. Before diabetes, a flu ran its course in 24 to 36 hours. Now I am down for 3 days on the short end, and usually 5 days. It is why I get a flu shot every fall. Now here comes a flu that doesn’t have a shot to prevent getting it. That is my concern. Hopefully by the next go around there will be a shot ready to prevent getting it.

Thanks for posting and restarting the thread with a reliable and responsible journal resource. (it must have gone off the rails last night)
At this point we’re all just gonna have to bear down, take care of each other, and appreciate how fragile life can be.
Go UTES!

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We’re all gonna die and I blame Republicans/Nazis/Democrats/Statists/Sovereign Freaks/Your dickhead boss/My ex/Your ex/You personally

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Don’t forget this guy…

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I imagine that’s a spirited discussion…
Unfortunately, these types of world events do involve politics, so I regret that we all can’t participate in our courteous and respectful manner.
Anyway, I understand the rules.

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Saw that. Started to respond and canceled. Slept on it and posted what I thought would be a more responsible post from the best sources in the field.

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I blame the 1980’s. Those hair bands and pseudo-disco, rap, grunge, pop western, pop, new wave…things just ruined the airwaves - sort of. At least there were a few classic rock stations still on the air.

Oh and I blame the Aliens. If it’s good enough for the History Channel to do it, it’s good enough for me. :wink::joy::joy::joy::joy:

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Did anyone else see that Gary Anderson signed that guy’s son to play LB at USU?

Which one? Raider? Chief? Charger? I think they have the entire afc west in the mendenhall house

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Did I miss some hysteria? Or are we just talking about the market?

The market…the Costco water trolls…the medical mask hoarders…the phone calls to my office (and I am no epidemiologist, MD, etc) about the bug…the FacePlace kerfuffle on the community group pages…It’s a damned mess of fear and misinformation.

I’ve been working in local government for almost 15 years and this reaction by the masses is really something I hoped I would never see; and if I saw it, it would be because we had an earthquake…a really big earthquake - and I don’t want to see that either.

Like I stated earlier, I hope they get an immunization for it developed sooner than later.

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Don’t tell me what to do. You’re not my mother.

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I think they open up the freeways and have an actual evac plan. Also, you know when a hurricane is coming so not everyone bails the same day. Utah’s disaster is going to be an earthquake and we’re effed in terms of warnings given.

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I evacuated for Hurricane Gustov (first evac after Katrina) when I lived in New Orleans. The evacuation is as you described your eclipse vacation - 15 hours of stop and go traffic to get to Jackson, MS, which is a 3 hour drive under normal conditions. That’s just how it is. There’s no magic evacuation plan. This is why people are so hesitant to evacuate.

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Wow, I’m glad I’m not in your circle. I haven’t seen anything close to panic or hysteria other than the hysterical conspiracy theories about calories, the CDC, and aliens.

I thought people would be more wound up at church on Sunday, but there wasn’t any panic to speak of.

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I am now a little concerned about your regular diet.

I probably have enough cans in the pantry to last a while too, but we’d be eating flour mixed with water by the end of a few weeks.

There’s never any benefit from panic, but this documentary is actually a reasonable look at what people did experience in 1918.
Of course, a lot has changed and we have a lot of ways to combat a viral outbreak, but it’s interesting to also note how some things haven’t really changed much at all…

It’s not me, it’s the gummint talkin’. You better shape up, boy.

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