So when does the Corona virus panic hit the US?

[dammitgriff]

In Italy, it currently has a 33% death rate:

41 deaths out of 1701 confirmed cases is 2.4%.
If they can’t accurately track the total number of confirmed cases (& they can’t) then the mortality rate is nothing but a guess.
When U.S. C-19 deaths begin to approach those from regular flu, that’s when I’ll start getting concerned.
R/Griff

[zeebaron]

"Nipps did not say when the woman flew into Tampa or whether she showed any symptoms on the flight."



"TPA begins deep cleaning after traveler tests positive for coronavirus"

https://www.wfla.com/community/health/c ... ronavirus/

[tector]

https://reason.com/2020/03/03/coronavir ... -heats-up/

[zeebaron]

"Two different nurses confirmed they met with CDC officials today and were told there were 100 confirmed cases in Hillsborough County and that it would not be made public to avoid a panic. News is reporting two cases.

Take it for what it’s worth."

[zeebaron]

"Tampa coronavirus patient says CDC did not take her health concerns seriously"

https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa-co ... -seriously

[305tillimoved]

I'll just leave this here.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog ... -6mrqlfBrU

[dammitgriff]

“COVID-19 is turning out to be a remarkably intelligent evolutionary adversary. By exploiting vulnerabilities in human psychology selectively bred by its pathogen ancestors, it has already shut down many of our schools, crashed our stock market, increased social conflict and xenophobia, reshuffled our migration patterns, and is working to contain us in homogenous spaces where it can keep spreading. We should pause to remark that COVID-19 is extraordinarily successful epidemiologically, precisely because it is not extremely lethal.”
Yep, reminds me of all the caterwauling about the measles.
R/Griff

[tector]

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/opinion/a ... -ebola-flu

[dammitgriff]

“This helps explain why public health authorities want everybody to get vaccinated against the measles. It’s not all that deadly a disease, but once it gets going in an unvaccinated population, everybody gets it.”
Everyone who isn’t vaccinated and recovers also gets lifetime immunity, and mothers pass that immunity on to their unborn children. That doesn’t happen with the vaccination, which, by the way, was created after humanity largely became immune through the natural process:

[zeebaron]

"Police-enforced quarantine hits Calif. residential block after man’s coronavirus death"

https://www.fox19.com/2020/03/06/police ... rus-death/