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>This virus is NOT currently spreading widely in the United States. Curious how this is known given practically zero tests have been done and numerous cases with no contact external to the US have been discovered.
Oh really: https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1233970271318503426 "This strongly suggests that there has been cryptic transmission in Washington State for the past 6 weeks."
My family just got over some sort of respiratory bug that had most of us sick last week. This morning I awoke to find that 2 cases of this thing have been identified in my area. Huh. We most likely just had a cold. Most likely.
Go for testing. The virus is still present (but not contagious anymore) some time after you recover.
> it is important to note that current global circumstances suggest it is likely that this virus will cause a pandemic.
CDC really isn’t mincing words - this is going to be bad and we should start social distancing to slow the spread.
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Easy. %20 of the cases require some type of hospitalization. %80 are mild and don't require medical attention. If you have Covid-19 rampant in your town - the hospitals will fill with persons experiencing a bad flu - that %20. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-80-percent-cases...
Is it still the case that you have a two week latency before symptoms? If so, that would make detecting the early stages of an outbreak without testing exceptionally hard.
Sent this to my friends and family yesterday: > it is important to note that current global circumstances suggest it is likely that this virus will cause a pandemic. CDC really isn’t mincing words - this is going to be bad and we should start social distancing to slow the spread.
right above the table the report says:
Updated February 29, 2020
inconsistencies/errors in the report (e.g. 21st Feb they claimed 479 total tests): https://web.archive.org/web/20200221040933/https://www.cdc.g...
updating sites without linking to versioned data doesn't give a lot of confidence, but then it's hard to blame them considering Trump admin slashed their budget in 2018.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Easy. %20 of the cases require some type of hospitalization. %80 are mild and don't require medical attention. If you have Covid-19 rampant in your town - the hospitals will fill with persons experiencing a bad flu - that %20. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-80-percent-cases...
Is it still the case that you have a two week latency before symptoms? If so, that would make detecting the early stages of an outbreak without testing exceptionally hard.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Go for testing. The virus is still present (but not contagious anymore) some time after you recover.
why would s/he pay $3000 to get tested for something s/he already recovered from? https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1234140218023989253
> The U.S. is the ONLY wealthy nation that doesn't guarantee all workers paid sick leave, paid family leave & health coverage. This means many workers go to work sick