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Ohio health official estimates 100,000 people in state have coronavirus
- GuB-42 7y agoTaking current data into account, it doesn't make sense. You don't get to 100k in a day. Even in Hubei, where they didn't know about the virus was a thing. Even in South Korea, where people actively tried to spread the infection. It took more than a week to reach thousands. During that time, there have been symptoms you couldn't miss, like deaths. As for asymptomatic carriers, the idea seems to be that there are not that many. Certainly not thousands times more than confirmed cases. Even when taking into account incubations time, which is around 5 days (quarantine is 14 days to account for outliers). It is a prediction for the future, does it include every type of coronavirus (not just SARS-CoV-2), or is it bullshit?
- jsjddbbwj 7y agoWait... Why did they try to spread the infection in Korea?
- jo6gwb 7y agoPatient 31 - https://www.todayonline.com/world/explainer-what-behind-sudden-surge-Covid-19-cases-south-korea-secretive-sect-patient-31 https://www.todayonline.com/world/explainer-what-behind-sudd...
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoSeveral media reports said that the woman did not get herself tested for the coronavirus because she had not travelled overseas and simply thought that she had caught the common cold. That isn't the same as actively tried to spread the infection.
- jpxw 7y agoThis surely cannot be correct. If it is, there might be some hope in all this. If a large amount of this 100k can have the virus with minimal symptoms, that could mean we're overestimating the CFR.
- avgDev 7y agoThe problem with the US right now, is that people are simply not getting tested. There are reports of people who traveled outside of US and are showing symptoms yet they are being refused the tests. The White House has been trying to downplay the whole issue. I understand that any administration would have a hard time handling this but Trump has been doing terrible job, even going as far as naming it a hoax. In the next 30 days we will see exponential growth of the virus in the US. We have 330 million people but only 1 million hospital beds. Many older folks will not receive treatment. The way US healthcare is set up will make this issue even worse. In US many people avoid doctors and hospitals due to cost. Many HAVE to go to work because they don't have savings and don't have ANY time off. US is set up perfectly for the virus to spread like wild fire. Plus, many Americans are still ignoring the pandemic. This will not end well for the US.
- bdcravens 7y agoI have Cystic Fibrosis (principally a respiratory condition; I'm certainly in the at-risk population) I had an appointment with my clinic. My conversation regarding COVID19 gave me the following takeaways: 1. The testing story is improving - my clinic has access to commercial tests, whereas just a few days ago they had to go through the local municipality and wait several days for testing and confirmation via the CDC. 2. They won't hospitalize everyone. Many will be able to do either oral or home IVs and recover fine via home quarantine, reserving hospital beds for the worst cases.