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That is interesting. I hope so, too. I can't help but wonder if the microcosm that is a cruise ship represents a slightlier healthier demographic than the general population. I know lots of elderly take cruises, though, but not all elderly are necessarily high risk. Anyway I think it's fair to say that the highest risk amongst us would probably not be on a cruise. So it may be skewed. I hope I'm wrong.
Yes it certainly may be. 8.5 times as deadly as normal flu instead of 10 is still really bad, but it is also comforting that it should not be as high as the early numbers. It never is though and we knew it would come down, hence estimating from 3.5 percent down to 1.barackdhouse said:
Yeah I've heard estimates as many as 60 million Americans may get it. The early return is skewed here in the US but the news has 41 dead/1600 infected for 2.5%. Or x25 regular flu. But yes we know it will be lower. Seems to be some kind of consensus that it will be closer to 1.0% but yeah that's 10 times worse than flu. And 1% of 60,000,000 is 600,000 dead. Or about as many as died in the Civil War.
I've never been on a cruise and hope I never will. I don't mean to be offensive but I got friends who go a lot and they tell me they are usually filled with obese people. The all you can eat and lounging are big draws. Again, don't mean to offend anyone or be crass but technically speaking if what my friends say is true and the mortality rate is this good that's pretty good.barackdhouse said:
Italy has a lot of old people is one the reasons cited for their high mortality rate and I also wonder if the hospital overcrowding became an issue. China has bad air quality but also 52% of the men smoke, I think women it's down to 18% and that's been cites as a contributing factor.
This estimate was saying between 40 and 70 percent would get it if I remember correctly. That would be around 175 million people in the US on the low end of that range. 0.6 percent of that would kill over a million people, so let's hope we are totally wrong and it ends up with a similar death rate to flu after we learn how to react.
Just take it seriously and take on the responsibility to help minimize the spread and it will be as small of a deal as it can be. The scary stuff only happens if people refuse to be proactive. I feel a lot better about it now that I see that the public and authorities response is no longer complete denial. 
Another part I didn't really think about. Pro days for some players can make a big difference in their stock and postponing but still getting a pro day done pre-draft will be difficult.
How will I know the first round picks ahead of time if there aren't draft invites? Damnit.
I don't want to be a jerk about this, but based on what?
. I totally agree with this - if our country can manage that it would REALLY help.
My assumption is that containment, in this case, means "preventing it from spreading globally" and "care" is simply treating cases as they arise. Preventing the spread is now considered mitigation, not containment. Semantics... and I won't claim my interpretation is correct and/or yours is not. Just my read on the word use.
So just like a typical fall Sunday then.
Where I am, we’ve been told to self-isolate with any symptoms. But nobody under 50 is being tested.
The only thing about that is there’s problems all over the world. It’s hot in lots of places right now such as Singapore and South America.
When (not if) some relatively healthy non-senior citizen dies while self-quarantining, it's going to be hard to stop people from showing up at the ER doorstep. If I die because I didn't get diagnosed in time, I am gonna be mad.
Right. That is what they SHOULD have told people. People are not rational right now. Telling them not to go to the ER, that's ineffective if you don't tell them what they SHOULD do. It may actually cause even more irrational panic, which is about the last thing we need. I mean, how hard is it to say "Don't go to the ER, call your family physician"?
Yep, they took it seriously from day one.
The difference is those other countries dealt with this before so they have experience so Government was prepared and the population understands the importance of following the rules. We've never had anything like this so had to prepare very late
The distribution is based on the 2002–2003 epidemic. The disease appeared in November 2002 in the Guangdong province of southern China. This area is considered as a potential zone of re-emergence of SARS-CoV.
It's quite hilarious. If you out of food first, you probably won't need all that!
Also, thank you for a pretty hilarious mental image at a time when levity is especially important.
Thanks for that, now my kids can't have cereal for breakfast because every place is sold out of milk. God bless America.
Reasonably stocked. 2 gallons of milk, bjs 2 pack of cereal, extra bread, hot dogs and buns, pbj 2 packs. Stores will restock. Your kid should be able to eat.cloppbeast said:
I used a gift card from two Christmas' ago and bought some on amazon. Jesus Christ this is ridiculous.Even if we had to (God forbid) resort to cannibalism, we'd still need TP.
Next thing you know people will start stealing it from restaurants, quick-stops, and other businesses. So, if you're out and about you might want to think twice about using public facilities. I can see it now, people will start using the paper towels in public restrooms and stop up their toilets. People are basically stupid.Even if we had to (God forbid) resort to cannibalism, we'd still need TP.
Yeah. Oatmeal.They'll live. I know it means more effort for youIf it was my kids without cereal I'd be stuck cooking them something instead.
