So welding people into their buildings isn’t normal?Exactly & ppl would FREAK if the US tried to do that so doing this now helps us not get to china proportions while allowing Americans to still keep most of the freedoms we are used to having.
Exactly two weeks ago Italy, a country with 60M (the US is 327M), had 1000 cases. Today they have over 21,000 . Today we have 2500 (it's reported but one hospital I know of has 20, so way underreported I'm thinking).
That you know of.Our state has no "community spread" cases, so far. They've all been directly exposed while traveling. I do expect that to change, but the first case in our state from a couple weeks ago who self-quarantined has recovered. The other 18 confirmed cases are still in the middle of the virus and appropriate steps are being taken for quarantining. Our state is also expecting 37 passengers from the stranded cruise ship in Oakland after their 14 day quarantine. They will finally be able to come home.
You're preaching to the choir. There is nothing you've said that I don't know. You're a few days behind on threads. This has all been covered extensively the last three days.That you know of.
S. Korea has performed 1.5 million tests
Italy 1 million
The US....1,800 at last count last week. And our country is much larger.
Our numbers are artificially low. There is no saying that there are only have x amount of cases or there is no community spread because nobody has that data anywhere in the US. We do not have the tests, people with suspected cases are going untested. Our governor just said that he has 500 on hand and is receiving another 1,500. For a state with 6 million people. There is no way that will give accurate numbers. Without testing, there is no containing nor mitigating.
Please take this very seriously. This man has the virus and he's documenting it on Twitter. He says he feels like his lungs are being ripped out of his chest. He's been struggling for several days with it. He is young, too!
(Please try to ignore his political leanings if you disagree, he is still suffering with this disease.)
https://twitter.com/_KevinSteele_
Well bless your heart. You are correct. I did read the whole thread so again, apologies for reiterating a point.You're preaching to the choir. There is nothing you've said that I don't know. You're a few days behind on threads. This has all been covered extensively the last three days.
I think another similar, though reversed question to ask would be:
"If COVID-19 will have an effect no worse than the flu, why would governments across the world (including our own, and China, the largest economy in the world) be taking drastic steps that are potentially devastating to their own economies?" If we go on the premise that government actions are being taken based on evidence and expert advice, then these are some extraordinary actions to take if this thing is likely to only be like the flu or a cold. If, on the other hand, there is ample evidence that COVID will be worse to potentially much-worse than the seasonal flu, suddenly such drastic actions begin to make more sense.
(sub-note, I am in no way trying to argue that the actions being taken are fully appropriate, nor that our governments are 100% acting based on evidence/expert guidance. However, I don't believe these kinds of drastic economy slowing steps would be implemented if there was sufficient evidence that the wide-spread effects of this virus would only be as bad as the seasonal flu)
Read this. If you still are not sure why, read it again. Then again and again and again until you understand.
Now if you don't trust the virologists who all agree with that assessment, I have no answer for you, but that is the why, even if some don't accept it.
Totally agree - but we know that every virologist believes it to be much higher than the flu. Only people with an interest in it being lower suggest otherwise - not scientists. So, do we hope that it is lower, and use hope as a strategy to fight this? Or do we trust in science?Considering how few people with symptoms worldwide are being tested we have no idea what the mortality percentages are.
Believes but lacks the data to know either wayTotally agree - but we know that every virologist believes it to be much higher than the flu. Only people with an interest in it being lower suggest otherwise - not scientists. So, do we hope that it is lower, and use hope as a strategy to fight this? Or do we trust in science?