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I am seeing some harsh comments here out of fear. I dealt with the same reaction from family members. The U.S. is doing very little to prevent this. A lot of p

I am seeing some harsh comments here out of fear. I dealt with the same reaction from family members. The U.S. is doing very little to prevent this. A lot of people, especially elderly people, will likely die. It will also likely have a severe impact on the market. The sooner we can all accept this and prepare the better.

pbourke 7y ago
> It will also likely have a severe impact on the market. Not just the market - the real economy.
dosethree 7y ago
"The U.S. is doing very little to prevent this. A lot of people, especially elderly people, will likely die." At this point, what realistically could the US do to prevent this? It will continue to spread in other countries, and there's nothing the US can do about that. We can implement more severe travel restrictions, but that has its own issues and it's not recommended by the WHO. That will only be effective for a period of time in the beginning of the virus spread, and they are basically doing that afaik Im no expert, but besides providing financial or medical aid to to the countries fighting the virus, and helping developing a vaccine/cure, I'm not sure what the US should be doing prevention wise
- cheeseomlit 7y ago
  Much more stringent travel restrictions beginning a month ago would've helped
- koheripbal 7y ago
  There is considerable value in SLOWING the virus. 1. You smooth out the cases that end up in hospitals and ICUs 2. You give more time for a vaccine to be developed and deployed. 3. You reduce the economic impact.
  - enchiridion 7y ago
    Exactly #1. From what I've seen, in a best case scenario we have 30k extra ventilators. Reportedly, 6% of cases require ventilation. Some quick math shows that only .16% of the population needs to be infected at the same time for our ventilator supply to runs out.

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I am seeing some harsh comments here out of fear. I dealt with the same reaction from family members. The U.S. is doing very little to prevent this. A lot of p

by enchiridion 7y ago

pbourke 7y ago
> It will also likely have a severe impact on the market. Not just the market - the real economy.
dosethree 7y ago
"The U.S. is doing very little to prevent this. A lot of people, especially elderly people, will likely die." At this point, what realistically could the US do to prevent this? It will continue to spread in other countries, and there's nothing the US can do about that. We can implement more severe travel restrictions, but that has its own issues and it's not recommended by the WHO. That will only be effective for a period of time in the beginning of the virus spread, and they are basically doing that afaik Im no expert, but besides providing financial or medical aid to to the countries fighting the virus, and helping developing a vaccine/cure, I'm not sure what the US should be doing prevention wise
- cheeseomlit 7y ago
  Much more stringent travel restrictions beginning a month ago would've helped
- koheripbal 7y ago
  There is considerable value in SLOWING the virus. 1. You smooth out the cases that end up in hospitals and ICUs 2. You give more time for a vaccine to be developed and deployed. 3. You reduce the economic impact.
  - enchiridion 7y ago
    Exactly #1. From what I've seen, in a best case scenario we have 30k extra ventilators. Reportedly, 6% of cases require ventilation. Some quick math shows that only .16% of the population needs to be infected at the same time for our ventilator supply to runs out.