Data Submitted by the Italian Civil Defense on COVID19 in Italy, Updated Daily

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Post by illo » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 7:41 PM UTC

Data Submitted by the Italian Civil Defense on COVID19 in Italy, Updated Daily
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Post by hncynic23 » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 9:02 PM UTC

Unless you have a very weak immune system or you are an elderly (50+) I wouldn't worry to much about this.

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Post by jfkebwjsbx » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 9:05 PM UTC

hncynic23 wrote: post #2

Unless you have a very weak immune system or you are an elderly (50+) I wouldn't worry to much about this.

"Elderly". People work until their 70 in modern society.

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Post by danharaj » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 9:06 PM UTC

hncynic23 wrote: post #2

Unless you have a very weak immune system or you are an elderly (50+) I wouldn't worry to much about this.

This is frustratingly short sighted. I suppose you dont have anyone you care about over 50?

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Post by lbeltrame » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 9:12 PM UTC

Bear in mind that the totals may "look odd": they are cumulative totals of current cases + deaths + recovered.

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Post by onetimemanytime » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 9:16 PM UTC

hncynic23 wrote: post #2

Unless you have a very weak immune system or you are an elderly (50+) I wouldn't worry to much about this.

do you really think that Italy and China wanted to put a stop to their economic activity with quarantines for no reason?

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Post by interestica » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 9:17 PM UTC

hncynic23 wrote: post #2

Unless you have a very weak immune system or you are an elderly (50+) I wouldn't worry to much about this.

50+ is elderly now?

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Post by noodlesUK » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 9:17 PM UTC

What I don’t understand is why the US still doesn’t have widespread testing. If the government lifted restrictions on testing and let people other than CDC and health authorities test for it, most research hospitals and universities (and many other private labs) would be able to test for this disease very easily. The reagents are commercially available, and most other countries are rolling out (or have already rolled out) very widespread testing.

I am not an expert in this, so if someone with more understanding wants to chime in I’d love to hear it.

Edit: the FDA has reduced the restrictions on clia regulated labs

https://www.fda.gov/media/135659/download

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Post by whateveracct » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 9:20 PM UTC

hncynic23 wrote: post #2

Unless you have a very weak immune system or you are an elderly (50+) I wouldn't worry to much about this.

By that logic, if you are going to spend time with anyone 50+, you should be equally concerned, yeah?

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Post by Anon84 » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 9:21 PM UTC

noodlesUK wrote: post #8

What I don’t understand is why the US still doesn’t have widespread testing. If the government lifted restrictions on testing and let people other than CDC and health authorities test for it, most research hospitals and universities (and many other private labs) would be able to test for this disease very easily. The reagents are commercially available, and most other countries are rolling out (or have already rolled…

The number of cases doesn’t increase if you don’t test for it.