Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

We're not going to be doing bets on people dying. Might be better for you to just drop it.

 

Well we cant bet to show who is right but we can review once this stuff blows over. Yes any death is sad but there is a cost analysis with everything unfortunately or we would do this for every flu season and would have cars with 25 mph speed limits.

 

Every person here wishes you will be right, fever. The problem is everything we are seeing is going to other way. No one wants this. No one.

 

You do realize, don't you, that the very measures which are being implemented are designed to lower the sickness and fatality rate?

 

99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says

 

Which is why I'm worried about America. We are a pretty sick country.

 

The press conferences would be a lot more reassuring if he would talk less.

 

Italy is also testing the dead bodies that died of other causes and they do have the virus and count that in the body count. With that being said I'm wondering if there will be legal action against the Chinese government after this is all said and done.

 

The difference being that a novel virus brings many unknowns. The economic situation we face is largely a result of the extreme social distancing that had to be enforced by recommendation of the experts. We had to go to such extremes because we lack adequate testing and are unable to properly understand the threat we face.

 

This is so true. And we leave so many people out of adequate health care.

 

You are simply assuming a lot about this virus. Worldwide experts aren't agreeing with you either. I'm not buying into hype from any media source, just looking at numbers and expert opinions.

 

I call BS

 

but Italy has socialized health care and they now have the highest death toll... everyone is covered there and it's still bad

 

Which is incredibly scary.

 

There are some factors as you pointed out in another link. Age, health, etc. Also Italy didn't take it very seriously at first and are paying the price. It was likely much more widespread, Northerners fled to the South (likely while infected), & the late quarantine. It's just an utter disaster. We share quite a few of those factors (especially in Florida with the large elderly population and many didn't take it seriously & still don't).

 

That was so random. Like, easiest question ever, open ended opportunity to get YOUR message out to the American people to calm them down and he chooses to attack the reporter.

 

I hope you are right.

My wife asked if this was an overraction. Yes we are over reacting to what is happening RIGHT NOW. We are acting appropriately and cautiously for what COULD happen. We still don't know shite about this virus. Italy shows what could happen. And as Americans we are typically dumb as @#$% when it comes to healthy habits.