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Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom

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Re: Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom

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This would be a fantastic time for the US to drop its bs rhetoric, work with Iran, and save lives both there and in the rest of the world.

No, it would be a terrible one. Geopolitical power is a zero-sum game. From the perspective of the US/Israel/Saudi Arabia: the more dead Iranians, the better.

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Around 99% of the patients developed a high temperature, while more than half experienced fatigue and a dry cough. About a third also experienced muscle pain and difficulty breathing.

Research from the Chinese Center for Disease Control suggests that around 80% of coronavirus cases are mild. Around 15% of patients have gotten severe cases, and 5% have become critically ill.

Here's how symptoms progress among typical patients:

- Day 1: Patients run a fever. They may also experience fatigue, muscle pain, and a dry cough. A small minority of them may have had diarrhea or nausea one to two days before.

- Day 5: Patients may have difficulty breathing — especially if they are older or have a preexisting health condition.

- Day 7: This is how long it takes, on average, before patients are admitted to a hospital, according to the Wuhan University study.

- Day 8: At this point, patients with severe cases (15%, according to the Chinese CDC) develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), an illness that occurs when fluid builds up the lungs. ARDS is often fatal.

- Day 10: If patients have worsening symptoms, this is the time in the disease's progression when they're most likely to be admitted to the ICU. These patients probably have more abdominal pain and appetite loss than patients with milder cases. Only a small fraction die: The current fatality rate hovers around 2%.

- Day 17: On average, people who recover from the virus are discharged from the hospital after two-and-a-half weeks.

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[1] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2761044

[2] https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-covid19-day-by-d...

Not allowed to do this and not sure how long this will be up; the entire UpToDate reprint on the latest we know about COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

[3] https://www.scribd.com/document/448592904/COVID-19

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Re: Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom

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This would be a fantastic time for the US to drop its bs rhetoric, work with Iran, and save lives both there and in the rest of the world.

This would be a fantastic time for Iran to drop it's bs sponsorship of Hezbollah, Assad, Shiite militias, Houthi rebels, work with the US, and save lives both there and in the rest of the world.

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Re: Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have particularly useful historical information to hand then it would probably better to share it rather than hint at its existence.

Everyone who had history in high school has historical information about this. There have been numerous plagues throughout history with higher infectivity, higher lethality, and both relatively and absolutely higher death counts. Don't put the burden of looking up simple and easily findable information on other posters when you can easily google it yourself.

There is a lot of misinformation out there too, and not everyone has the skills to "easily Google" for something outside of their sphere of competence. It would be helpful if those who do have hard facts to share do so directly. That's much more efficient than hoping that everyone will simply discover the facts as a matter of course.

Re: Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom

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With the 150+ Italian cases (3 dead), it's probably safe to say that the virus is out of our control... which we probably never had. https://apnews.com/32540d09ec101aac057660ef1b0aa970

Its disappointing, China seemed a lot more open and transparent this time around compared to SARS. Unfortunately i still don't trust the numbers they publish.

Re: Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have particularly useful historical information to hand then it would probably better to share it rather than hint at its existence.

Everyone who had history in high school has historical information about this. There have been numerous plagues throughout history with higher infectivity, higher lethality, and both relatively and absolutely higher death counts. Don't put the burden of looking up simple and easily findable information on other posters when you can easily google it yourself.

…and many of these would have infectivity and lethality similar to coronavirus if same standard of sanitary, containment effort and intensive care was available then.

Re: Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom

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Around 99% of the patients developed a high temperature, while more than half experienced fatigue and a dry cough. About a third also experienced muscle pain and difficulty breathing. Research from the Chinese Center for Disease Control suggests that around 80% of coronavirus cases are mild. Around 15% of patients have gotten severe cases, and 5% have become critically ill. Here's how symptoms progress among typical…

Thank you for this. The day by day symptoms are CRITICAL.

We are seeing patients well beyond the day 5: difficulty breathing condition.

Your last statement is imperative.

Re: Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom

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> This virus is unprecedented I think you need to read up on your history.

If you have particularly useful historical information to hand then it would probably better to share it rather than hint at its existence.

Here's a useful index.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics

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