03-20-2020, 04:05 PM
(03-20-2020, 03:18 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: It’s not the flu. Although it can cause flu like symptoms and the same complications of the flu. So I understand why you recognize they are similar. But, there are important differences.
It is a new strain of coronavirus that apparently mutated in bats and spread to humans.
No human has immunity to this virus and there isn’t a vaccine. Care for viral infections is supportive. There isn’t a medication you can be prescribed to make it go away or “cure” it. Once you’re infected you’re own immune system must combat it.
With a new virus like this we don’t know how bad it could be and we are currently still learning. It could be like the seasonal flu. It could be like the Spanish flu of 1812. Or it could be World War Z. We don’t know at the beginning of any novel virus.
Social distancing is proven to slow the spread of infection which is important at the beginning with a novel virus. If we don’t do it early the infection could become so prevalent it won’t make a difference later. The only question really is when to implement it. After 100 deaths? After 1000 deaths? After 10,000? So it’s better to err on the side of caution.
To the bolded. Excellent points there, especially the emphasis on our OWN immune system as the first line of defense at present.
We're not used to hearing "The doctors don't have a pill for it yet"--but there it is.
And we need to be cautious in assuming it is "like the flu" or a cold, when no one has immunity yet.
My hope is that three months from now Fox is pivoting again, stressing this was just a panic, another Dem hoax to get rid of Trump.
THEN I'll know the Coronavirus was just like the flu or a cold.
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