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It isn't about deaths.. it is about hospitalizations.. when

Posted on: February 26, 2020 at 11:12:43 CT
TigerMatt STL
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20% of confirmed cases require hospitalization, that is a big deal.

Most US hospitals run at 90% capacity. If it gets foothold in the US, the healthcare system could be overwhelmed.

That means people die from other causes as well that could have been treated.
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For those that aren't worried about Coronavirus - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:02:25
     Supersede the flu in virulence. - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 10:53:43
          RE: Supersede the flu in virulence. - paleojas MU - 2/26 11:01:44
               It is useful. - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 11:02:56
                    Severe for SARS-CoV-2 is basically pneumonia requiring - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 11:10:23
                         It would be interesting if they would release age data on - Spanky KU - 2/27 09:44:40
                         Thanks for the clarification. (nm) - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 11:11:10
     Just look back and see what - mizzoumurfkc KC - 2/26 10:29:45
          two very different diseases - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:35:00
     This is the downside to the information era. - ummmm MU - 2/26 10:28:06
     I don't consider it a threat to myself necessarily - cnk ATL - 2/26 10:18:32
          And ost of those "secondary effects" - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:24:19
               Or market overreactions(nm) - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:24:53
                    Most factories are closed - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:27:40
                         True, a good capitalist - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:31:03
                              I don't think that is true at all - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:34:10
     Commies love to thin the herd. (nm) - TigerFan92 MU - 2/26 10:18:10
     What are your own thoughts on the subject? The flu kills - JeffB MU - 2/26 10:15:35
          I haven't been super worried about it - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:19:30
               I had a client whose wife got ill. It kept getting worse & - JeffB MU - 2/26 11:54:44
                    That's sad - soccer & aids suggest alternative method - Mormad MU - 2/26 12:45:54
     Any disease is of a concern - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:13:26
     In the US? If there were more infected than the flu. - Spanky KU - 2/26 10:12:30
     how would one know the deaths would be from the virus? - pickle MU - 2/26 10:10:11
          This is also a good point since the deaths - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 2/26 10:15:40
          You're skeptical of most everything though - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:12:19
               if it comes from gvmt and its mouthpieces, yes - pickle MU - 2/26 10:16:51
                    Oh that most definitely will come if it gathers steam in the - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 11:41:31
     is this even as dangerous as the flu? - itznotwillis MU - 2/26 10:08:39
          It isn't about deaths.. it is about hospitalizations.. when - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 11:12:43
               I didn't think about that -- the 90% capacity aspect. - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 11:21:39
          It isn't. (nm) - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 10:54:01
          Remember when MJ had the flu and scored 35?(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 2/26 10:11:07
               He could have scored 30 with Corona(nm) - itznotwillis MU - 2/26 10:12:16
                    Magic won an mvp with the HIV(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 2/26 10:32:20
          The flu has a fatality rate of 0.01%. So yes, it's way more - MrBlueSky MU - 2/26 10:09:36
               says who? (nm) - pickle MU - 2/26 10:11:43
                    VIrologists (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 10:54:21
                    Math(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/26 10:14:01
                         not what i was asking (nm) - pickle MU - 2/26 10:46:50
                              Well, math is how I got the numbers I did. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/26 10:57:34
               Check the Spanish Flu death rate - tigerfans3 MU - 2/26 10:10:56
                    the Spanish flu was different from the yearly - MrBlueSky MU - 2/26 10:11:36
                         The world's population wasn't prepared for the Spanish Flu - tigerfans3 MU - 2/26 10:13:22
                              Humans don't have antibodies or vaccinations for SARS-CoV-2 - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 10:51:18
               Thats why I'm not a doctor - itznotwillis MU - 2/26 10:10:39
     I am Legend - tigerfans3 MU - 2/26 10:08:19
     Ebola has a fatality rate of like 50% - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 2/26 10:07:33
          That's why I'm asking - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:09:56
     Mrs SwampTiger was upset with me - SwampTiger MU - 2/26 10:07:16
     Well guns killed 150k last year - El-ahrairah BAMA - 2/26 10:06:51
          missing some zeroes (nm) - Sal MU - 2/26 10:09:13
          I thought it was 150,000,000(nm) - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:07:21




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