hno:I could write a dissertation on this right now, but I'll spare you Willie and just focus on what you said. My issue is the disingenuous way the mortality rate is presented throughout the internet and with the media. If the media and many of these medical professional truly wanted to paint an honest picture, instead of just focusing on the mortality rate of seniors on this virus, they could make the comparison with all infectious diseases. I suspect you would find similar numbers. To sit there and make claims about people in their 70's and 80's without something to compare it to just show what the narrative is to me. The life expectancy in the US is like 79 years old. It's clear people in this group have a higher mortality rate for any disease (not just this one). But I guess the Nielsen ratings get better if you make it appear like this is some special case and people in that age range don't have problems with everything down to the common cold.
On another note, I am temporarily unemployed because my health club shut down. We don't have a concern on the financial side, but my employer has shown their true colors through this thing. Prior to shutting down on Monday, we were training our clients and there was ongoing cleaning going on. This whole close proximity rule had been out there for weeks (the new buzzword is social distancing). After they close, they sent out an email saying it was forbidden to train people outside the facility (not in our contract) and they started preaching how we could put all our clients in extreme risk, etc. So the two weeks before and leading up to Monday, it was no problem (again, all this info was already known), and the day after we close, it's not. Then they send out an email to the clients that we would be practicing "social distancing" and doing Skype workouts (which was news to all of us and never discussed)...clearly so they could keep their revenue stream going. Most of these people wouldn't know how to Skype, not to mention, many have balance issues. Quite frankly, training like that would be just as irresponsible and would probably get someone hurt badly. The whole thing is one, big clusterfuck.
Come on man. I support most of his policies but aside from his decision to close the border to Asian/Europe, his administration hasn’t done great. The testing situation is substandard and the economy is crashing. I told you guys the media took advantage of this situation to impact his re-election and it’s exactly what’s happening.
The economy and testing sits squarely on his shoulders. He’s in charge and has to own the situation.
So after this Chinese flu passes.......everything is rebounding nicely......the hard working Americans are going to side with president who has had everything on fire economy speaking.....or a candidate who doesn't even know what day it is.......politics of hate aside.....common sense......come on.
The ten second soundbite crowd, telling us how clueless we are
Who is getting sick, and how sick? A breakdown of coronavirus risk by demographic factors
<header class="content-header " style="z-index: 1; width: 704px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><figure class="media" style="margin: 0px;"><figcaption class="media-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 704px; padding: 11px 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><cite class="media-credit" style="display: block; max-width: 768px; margin-top: 1px; font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 9px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Circular, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase;">MIKE REDDY FOR STAT
The new coronavirus is not an equal-opportunity killer: Being elderly and having other illnesses, for instance, greatly increases the risk of dying from the disease the virus causes, Covid-19. It’s also possible being male could put you at increased risk.</cite></figcaption></figure></header><section class="the-content" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For both medical and public health reasons, researchers want to figure out who’s most at risk of being infected and who’s most at risk of developing severe or even lethal illness. With that kind of information, clinicians would know whom to treat more aggressively, government officials would have a better idea of steps to take, and everyone would know whether they need to take special, additional precautions.
Here’s what research has shown three months into the outbreak:
Old and young
The vast majority of cases in China — 87% — were in people ages 30 to 79, the China Center for Disease Control reported last month based on data from all 72,314 of those diagnosed with Covid-19 as of Feb. 11. That probably reflects something about biology more than lifestyle, such as being in frequent contact with other people. Teens and people in their 20s also encounter many others, at school and work and on public transit, yet they don’t seem to be contracting the disease at significant rates: Only 8.1% of cases were 20-somethings, 1.2% were teens, and 0.9% were 9 or younger. The World Health Organization mission to China found that 78% of the cases reported as of Feb. 20 were in people ages 30 to 69.
The death toll skews old even more strongly. Overall, China CDC found, 2.3% of confirmed cases died. But the fatality rate was 14.8% in people 80 or older, likely reflecting the presence of other diseases, a weaker immune system, or simply worse overall health. By contrast, the fatality rate was 1.3% in 50-somethings, 0.4% in 40-somethings, and 0.2% in people 10 to 39.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/03...-of-coronavirus-risk-by-demographic-factors/?
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<header class="content-header " style="z-index: 1; width: 704px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><figure class="media" style="margin: 0px;"><figcaption class="media-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 704px; padding: 11px 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><cite class="media-credit" style="display: block; max-width: 768px; margin-top: 1px; font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 9px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Circular, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase;">MIKE REDDY FOR STAT
The new coronavirus is not an equal-opportunity killer: Being elderly and having other illnesses, for instance, greatly increases the risk of dying from the disease the virus causes, Covid-19. It’s also possible being male could put you at increased risk.</cite></figcaption></figure></header><section class="the-content" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For both medical and public health reasons, researchers want to figure out who’s most at risk of being infected and who’s most at risk of developing severe or even lethal illness. With that kind of information, clinicians would know whom to treat more aggressively, government officials would have a better idea of steps to take, and everyone would know whether they need to take special, additional precautions.
Here’s what research has shown three months into the outbreak:
Old and young
The vast majority of cases in China — 87% — were in people ages 30 to 79, the China Center for Disease Control reported last month based on data from all 72,314 of those diagnosed with Covid-19 as of Feb. 11. That probably reflects something about biology more than lifestyle, such as being in frequent contact with other people. Teens and people in their 20s also encounter many others, at school and work and on public transit, yet they don’t seem to be contracting the disease at significant rates: Only 8.1% of cases were 20-somethings, 1.2% were teens, and 0.9% were 9 or younger. The World Health Organization mission to China found that 78% of the cases reported as of Feb. 20 were in people ages 30 to 69.
The death toll skews old even more strongly. Overall, China CDC found, 2.3% of confirmed cases died. But the fatality rate was 14.8% in people 80 or older, likely reflecting the presence of other diseases, a weaker immune system, or simply worse overall health. By contrast, the fatality rate was 1.3% in 50-somethings, 0.4% in 40-somethings, and 0.2% in people 10 to 39.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/03...-of-coronavirus-risk-by-demographic-factors/?
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