NacksSnack
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Their cube is made of plastic so the virus won't last from its surface before it can be delivered to your respective stores.
400 people have died thoI think the coronavirus really isn't as bad as people are making it sound. only 4384 people in the US have been tested. The extremely high 5% death rate is just because the only people who have been tested so far in the US are people who are very sick. I am still going to be cautious to avoid getting it, but I don't think it is something to get scared about.
Well I’m sorryWhy do people keep thinking that just because they themselves are not older (or have other health issues that they are just fine)? Even if you do not have signs of the virus or get it very mildly (if you even know you have it) does not mean that you will (or anyone for that matter) will pass it on to hundreds of other people (some of which might get it really bad). Canceling competitions where it is bad, getting back, or near areas of where there was a positive report is the best option for the local community, even if you and others don't like it.
And I say this with having to cancel a competition that we were going to host. I do not like to cancel it since a lot of people were looking forward to it, but I am not thinking of myself in that regard, but rather everyone that will be attending the competition (including spectators) and the after affect of people that the competitors will be in contact with after the competition (including there parents, grandparents, etc.)
Some points:
People can still be carriers of this virus without showing any signs, and pass it on to others.
It is a highly transmittable virus
It can last on surfaces for up to 9 days.
You may not show signs of it for up to 14 days after you get it for the first time.
Even if you get it and it goes away, you can still get it again.
Sorry for this sounding rant like, but I for one am getting really tired of people thinking only of themselves and that even if they get the virus they will not be that bad off, due to their age, health, or what ever the cause. If you and everyone else truly wants to try and fight/contain this as quickly and best as possible then be thoughtful of others and be proactive and not reactive.
If you get it and only a mild case, then congrats, but what about a family member that gets it and has a severe case? How would you like that? (don't answer, just think about it).
There will always be illness and viruses so you can't always avoid it, but for something new like this and the world trying to contain it as best as possible, I think that canceling/moving a competition is not that bad for a couple of months.
That's what we thought a few days ago before this thing exploded.Coronavirus is less deadly than the flu. Just a thought.
We knew it was more lethal when it was mostly localised to China months ago. People are only now focusing on it more as it isn’t some news from faraway, it’s affecting everyone now.That's what we thought a few days ago before this thing exploded.
It’s interesting how there is a dichotomy now between people who stay home and isolate/quarantine and those who if they stayed home other people would die. The strictest lockdown I’ve heard of was in Wuhan, China, where people had to stay in their apartments and got groceries delivered to the lobby of the building. Who delivered the groceries?Just stay in home and stay safe
Yes, but that is at the moment though!! With epidemics, there is a exponential growth curve of cases, where it shoots up, America, the UK, Italy and many other countries are in the beginning or middle of that rapid growth. As it stand, cases will continue to grow and that number you just quoted will be far higher. The 'flatten the curve' hashtag is about making this epidemic more like the flu, in the way that the cases are spread out over a longer period, so the hospitals have more time to treat people. if coronavirus goes up in the exponential growth curve we're seeing the health system is overwhelmed, there's not enough equiptment and not enough people can be treated, so FAR more die. Makeshift morgues are being setup in NYC, Itay's healthacre system is comletley overwhelmed. They're having to decide who does and doesn't get ventialtors. If that doen't show the gravity of the situation then I don't know what will.People are freaking out that there are 80,000-100,000 people it the US that have corona, and that there's a death rate of 1%, but just think about the fact that the population of the US is 327.2 million. That means 0.03% of Americans have the corona virus, and 0.000519559902200489% of Americans have died from the Corona. That's lower than the Flu, yet there isn't a thread every year about Flu killing us.
Yes, but that is at the moment though!! With epidemics, there is a exponential growth curve of cases, where it shoots up, America, the UK, Italy and many other countries are in the beginning or middle of that rapid growth. As it stand, cases will continue to grow and that number you just quoted will be far higher. The 'flatten the curve' hashtag is about making this epidemic more like the flu, in the way that the cases are spread out over a longer period, so the hospitals have more time to treat people. if coronavirus goes up in the exponential growth curve we're seeing the health system is overwhelmed, there's not enough equiptment and not enough people can be treated, so FAR more die. Makeshift morgues are being setup in NYC, Itay's healthacre system is comletley overwhelmed. They're having to decide who does and doesn't get ventialtors. If that doen't show the gravity of the situation then I don't know what will.
Not necessarily true. It is a lot more complicated then that since things no one really knows who/what it affects the most (other then what has already been said). I think if it only "is dangerous" to those that are already in danger, then several people that got it would not have died from it (people that is with no underlining symptoms) are those that are healthy.Again, the only people in serious danger are those already in serious danger. The people who are likely to die from Corona are the same people that would be likely to die from pneumonia
Well, the flu isn't as contagious, and the coronavirus is expected to get worse. If it were like the flu, we wouldn't be quarantined, would we?People are freaking out that there are 80,000-100,000 people it the US that have corona, and that there's a death rate of 1%, but just think about the fact that the population of the US is 327.2 million. That means 0.03% of Americans have the corona virus, and 0.000519559902200489% of Americans have died from the Corona. That's lower than the Flu, yet there isn't a thread every year about Flu killing us.
It's wierd to think that some day nobody will care, kinda like global warming. It was extremely controversial and scary, and then nobody cared. The difference is global warming is still affecting us.cant wait to watch the documentary 50 years from now on the coronavirus. and tell my kids someday i lived thro a pandemic
Doesn't anybody watch the news?! They are only testing people in nursing homes, or people who are hospitalized! The number of cases is actually a lot higher, but nobody actually is getting tested! Normal people like us are not allowed to get tested. Let me say that again: Most of the U.S. population is not getting tested (or allowed to get tested), even if they think they have it!well now they have tested a bunch more people.