07-01-2020, 01:46 PM
(07-01-2020, 12:26 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: There are lots of questions unanswered and anyone saying we know everything is not correct.
What do we know? 1.
We have to protect those in nursing home, those 75 and older and especially anyone over 75 that has severe heart issues, immunity deficiencies, diabetes, obesity and other pre-existing conditions that a person's immune system due the deficiency has a high death rate.
This has extremely small death rates for anyone under 50 years old that is healthy and near zero for children 16 and under with no underlying conditions. These individuals also rarely suffer any long term effects from the virus and more likely to not know they were infected.
The CDC estimates 10X the number of reported cases in the US, but the deaths are being possibly over reported. If some states Cov-19 is listed as the cause when in fact it was an underlying condition. This needs to be cleaned up Nationally so we know the true death rate when all is said and done. But, if the CDC report stating 10X the cases, then that would make the death rate for this virus less than the common flu. But, noone wants to report those possibilities. Instead we keep hearing about infections of people that have a 99.8 chance of survival.
Having said all of that, social distance, wash your hands, take your temperature daily and wear a mask if you can't social distance for any reason. Yes, it is giving up a freedom, but if it saves one life you can feel good knowing it was not you who infected anyone. The virsy is real, the issue is we need the media to report honestly on death rates versus attempting scare tactics to force people into compliance,
Much of what you say is true. But, Covid 19 is not an underlying condition. It is an acute infection.
If someone comes into the ER with difficulty breathing and is admitted into the ICU for acute exacerbation of COPD and Covid 19 and subsequently dies which one killed the patient?
