Anyone worried about coronavirus?

[Quagmire]

If you are not elderly or sick, get a grip !

The overall mortality rate is about 1.5 %, and almost entirely the elderly.

Not one child under ten years old has died.
Teen mortality is extremely low, almost insignificant.

I gets rid of old boomers. I am sure some governments think that’s a plus.

I repeat - get a freaking grip people.

Stop yelling at people.

Up until this post, all anyone's been doing in this thread so far is posting headlines, links, and statistics.

If those bother you, go read something else.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

If you are not elderly or sick, get a grip !

The overall mortality rate is about 1.5 %, and almost entirely the elderly.

Not one child under ten years old has died.
Teen mortality is extremely low, almost insignificant.

I gets rid of old boomers. I am sure some governments think that’s a plus.

I repeat - get a freaking grip people.

Yes, this! There is no need to panick. Unless you're old or have a compromised immune system its very unlikely to kill you. Instead of fear mongering we should stay informed and take a moment to realize that centuries of disease management has eventually lead to us being able to significantly reduce the spread of this disease. And as long as it's been around now, nothing has really shown any significant changes.
Ultimately, if you're doing what you should already be doing in the first place, then by all means go about like it's any other day. Because it is.

 

[Quagmire]

Instead of fear mongering . . .

Haven't seen any of that going on in this thread or in these forums in regards to this topic so far.

I don't think you have either.

 

[England my lionheart]

Though primarily a Chinese disease it has left the country. And where is the first case in the US? Within two miles of my house:

Snohomish County man with Wuhan coronavirus is being treated largely by a robot

I would have thought that @Audie would have been more at risk then I am.

Edit: Rats. I hate typing on my tablet. The title has a typo.

I wouldn't worry too much,anything exported China doesn't normally last more than a month

 

[Quagmire]

I wouldn't worry too much,anything exported China doesn't normally last more than a month

Best coronavirus joke I've heard so far.

 

[Quagmire]

Today:

Coronavirus Cases:
90,433
view by country

Deaths:
3,118

Recovered:
48,110

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Haven't seen any of that going on in this thread or in these forums in regards to this topic so far.

I don't think you have either.

Going on about stores here closing, taking extra precautions that aren't necessary, and over stating the risk of the virus is fear mongering.
How deadly is the coronavirus?
(spoiler, unless you're over 80 not very, about 1 - 2%)

 

[Quagmire]

Going on about stores here closing,

Where might those posts be?

(and don't try and point to the post I just deleted because I posted that after your claim of fear mongering).

taking extra precautions that aren't necessary,

Like what for instance?

and over stating the risk of the virus

Who's doing that and where?

Seriously, what are you going on about?


Edit: ah, OK. forgot about this (from Prepping for the Coronavirus)

. . . The real danger (what I'm concerning myself with anyway) isn't so much contracting the disease as it is waking up one morning and finding all the stores closed, or at the least supplies limited and prices skyrocketing."

I wouldn't call that fear mongering, I'd call that giving the people who want it a heads up.

It happened in china, after all.

 

[Quagmire]

So what about these?

taking extra precautions that aren't necessary, and over stating the risk of the virus . . .

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I wouldn't call that fear mongering, I'd call that giving the people who want it a heads up.

Except that's not going to happen. And, even if it does, those are things you should already be doing.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Or posting daily the number of people infected, died, and recovered. That's an obsession, and focusing on it to ask unhealthy extent. Those numbers are basically useless to anyone already doing what they should. They won't help you, they won't spare you, they do nothing except give you a tally.

 

[Quagmire]

Or posting daily the number of people infected, died, and recovered. That's an obsession, and focusing on it to ask unhealthy extent.

I see, so you're basically following me around the forums and poking me with a stick for my own good.

I'm touched.

They won't help you, they won't spare you, they do nothing except give you a tally.

Except that's not going to happen. And, even if it does, those are things you should already be doing.

Believe it or not, I'm not doing this for myself.

I'm putting the information out there for whoever wants it. Obviously, you don't. That's OK, nobodies forcing it on you.

 

[ronki23]

It seems to be slowing down in China yet more cases outside of China. How so?

 

[Notanumber]

This is how it is affecting the UK.

 

[Quagmire]

It seems to be slowing down in China yet more cases outside of China. How so?

Since Covid-19 originated in China, the Chinese have had more time to take measures to try and contain the outbreak then other countries that were infected later.

That's actually kind of encouraging: it shows that we have some control over the spread. Potentially anyway.

 

[ronki23]

From my understanding this virus is about as deadly as the common flu so I'm not worried and I think the mass media loves to spread hysteria over disease. Yes, it can be problematic and it can be very dangerous for people with a weaken immune system, but let's not devolve into full panic yet. This isn't even nearly as bad as the Swine Flu of a couple years back.

I am as worried about this as all the other doomsday flus and bugs I've lived through. Which is none at all.

It's less of a worry.
Why You Don't Need to Panic About the New Coronavirus

why are there so many cases compared to a recovered condition.. how long does the thing last. My hunch is that is doesn't seem that bad, think I'd rather get that than influenza, which I think I had a couple years ago, which was like a two week fever / lung issue

If you are not elderly or sick, get a grip !

The overall mortality rate is about 1.5 %, and almost entirely the elderly.

Not one child under ten years old has died.
Teen mortality is extremely low, almost insignificant.

I gets rid of old boomers. I am sure some governments think that’s a plus.

I repeat - get a freaking grip people.

Yes, this! There is no need to panick. Unless you're old or have a compromised immune system its very unlikely to kill you. Instead of fear mongering we should stay informed and take a moment to realize that centuries of disease management has eventually lead to us being able to significantly reduce the spread of this disease. And as long as it's been around now, nothing has really shown any significant changes.
Ultimately, if you're doing what you should already be doing in the first place, then by all means go about like it's any other day. Because it is.

Going on about stores here closing, taking extra precautions that aren't necessary, and over stating the risk of the virus is fear mongering.
How deadly is the coronavirus?
(spoiler, unless you're over 80 not very, about 1 - 2%)

Over 3 million dead worldwide. This thread has aged well

 

[McBell]

Over 3 million dead worldwide. This thread has aged well

The World Health Organization estimates that worldwide, annual influenza epidemics result in about 3-5 million cases of severe illness and about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths.
​

What is the global incidence of influenza?​

 

[Vinayaka]

Interesting read, 15 months later ... thanks Ronki.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

The World Health Organization estimates that worldwide, annual influenza epidemics result in about 3-5 million cases of severe illness and about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths.
​

What is the global incidence of influenza?​

So covid is a little over six and a half times as deadly at the most generous influenza estimate, with global precautions taken which weren't for influenza.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Heck I am not worried at all!

I just got my first shot of Moderna today. Next shot on June 8th. Already scheduled. And I am a survivor to boot. I tested positive Dec. 1 after going through the worst of it (which for me luckily was not that bad). I was not in a hurry for the vaccine because at first I could not get it due to having the virus too recently. Then I kept getting "no vaccinations available" on line. Finally I decided to talk to a real human being and it was sooooooooooo easy.

By the way, I did not even feel the injection.