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I want to get it to get it over with. Kind of weird that San Francisco isn't ground zero for this in USA yet. Hope the news of reinfection complications is wro

I want to get it to get it over with. Kind of weird that San Francisco isn't ground zero for this in USA yet. Hope the news of reinfection complications is wrong.

Johnny555 7y ago
I want to get it to get it over with I want to avoid it completely until a vaccine is ready. Just like I want to avoid the flu.
themagician 7y ago
It might be ground zero. No one been testing for it, those under 50 seem to exhibit symptoms so mild they aren’t even worth going to the doctor for, most people go to the doctor only as a last resort because of deductibles, and healthcare professionals have likely passed it off as the flu. Hundreds to thousands die from the flu every week. They don’t test them all. If even 1% are misdiagnosed the infection could be far more widespread than realized. Even if the fatality rate is 2%, that means the estimated number of infections in Washington is 100+. For every person who dies you can figure 50-200 infections. With the flu, we model and estimate infections. With the coronavirus we seem to only be counting confirmed infections. This change in methodology will make the total infections look smaller and the fatality rate (possibly) arbitrarily higher as a result.
99_00 7y ago
If you're going to get it, it's defiantly better to get it now because you'll have the best Drs in your city looking after you before the flood of patients come in and they are overwhelmed.
- Johnny555 7y ago
  I'd rather wait until after the big wave of infections hit so there's still bed space available, but doctors know exactly how to treat this. I'd rather be the 100th case of COVID-19 my doctor has treated than the 1st.
  - pbourke 7y ago
    Yeah seriously. Case histories and treatment protocols in the US have yet to be published aside from the one for the first patient.
throwaway1777 7y ago
FYI you can't just "get it over with". Some people have been infected multiple times already.
- rolltiide 7y ago
  Its almost like my post was made for your specific comment. Anyway, hope the news of reinfection complications is premature and incorrect
8fingerlouie 7y ago
I feel the exact same way. Please just let me get it, and i can stop reading/hearing/watching news about it and just get on with my life. Going on a trip to somewhere, screening for Corvid-19.. "don't worry, i had it and survived". Quarantine a hotel/cruise ship/whatever - "yeah, have fun, i'm out of here". This whole thing is (probably) blown out of proportions. Most of the known cases only present mild symptoms, and many are even asymptomatic, and you have to add to that the probably 10x cases that are never reported because in the northen hemisphere it is flu season and common cold season, and everybody is experiencing symptoms that could be Corvid-19, or just a regular common cold.

I want to get it to get it over with. Kind of weird that San Francisco isn't ground zero for this in USA yet. Hope the news of reinfection complications is wrong.

Johnny555 7y ago

I want to get it to get it over with I want to avoid it completely until a vaccine is ready. Just like I want to avoid the flu.

themagician 7y ago

It might be ground zero. No one been testing for it, those under 50 seem to exhibit symptoms so mild they aren’t even worth going to the doctor for, most people go to the doctor only as a last resort because of deductibles, and healthcare professionals have likely passed it off as the flu. Hundreds to thousands die from the flu every week. They don’t test them all. If even 1% are misdiagnosed the infection could be far more widespread than realized. Even if the fatality rate is 2%, that means the estimated number of infections in Washington is 100+. For every person who dies you can figure 50-200 infections. With the flu, we model and estimate infections. With the coronavirus we seem to only be counting confirmed infections. This change in methodology will make the total infections look smaller and the fatality rate (possibly) arbitrarily higher as a result.

99_00 7y ago

If you're going to get it, it's defiantly better to get it now because you'll have the best Drs in your city looking after you before the flood of patients come in and they are overwhelmed.

Johnny555 7y ago
I'd rather wait until after the big wave of infections hit so there's still bed space available, but doctors know exactly how to treat this. I'd rather be the 100th case of COVID-19 my doctor has treated than the 1st.
- pbourke 7y ago
  Yeah seriously. Case histories and treatment protocols in the US have yet to be published aside from the one for the first patient.

throwaway1777 7y ago

FYI you can't just "get it over with". Some people have been infected multiple times already.

rolltiide 7y ago
Its almost like my post was made for your specific comment. Anyway, hope the news of reinfection complications is premature and incorrect

8fingerlouie 7y ago

I feel the exact same way. Please just let me get it, and i can stop reading/hearing/watching news about it and just get on with my life. Going on a trip to somewhere, screening for Corvid-19.. "don't worry, i had it and survived". Quarantine a hotel/cruise ship/whatever - "yeah, have fun, i'm out of here". This whole thing is (probably) blown out of proportions. Most of the known cases only present mild symptoms, and many are even asymptomatic, and you have to add to that the probably 10x cases that are never reported because in the northen hemisphere it is flu season and common cold season, and everybody is experiencing symptoms that could be Corvid-19, or just a regular common cold.