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The 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
by avgDev 7y ago
The 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.
- tcbawo 7y agoWhat kind of oral treatment is possible? Albuterol?
- bdcravens 7y agoSorry, I used the shortened version of the term without considering how it sounded. Oral antibiotics.
- cthalupa 7y agoWhy would antibiotics be given for a viral infection?
- DanBC 7y agoTo treat the secondary bacterial pneumonia that some people get.
- cthalupa 7y agoI can't find any references to covid 19 inducing bacterial pnuemonia in patients, and many references to it being induced by the virus itself and not responding to antibiotic treatment, e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092966462030044 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092966462... https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/ct/covid-19-pneumonia-traits-help-id-and-distinguish-virus https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/ct/covid-19-pneumonia-trai... https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(20)30132-5/fulltext https://www.jto.org/article/S1556-0864(20)30132-5/fulltext It also doesn't seem to match what we are seeing about how it is basically only the severe cases that end up with pneumonia - the ones even less likely to end up self quarantining and taking medication while remaining at home.
- DanBC 7y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-what-happens-to-peoples-lungs-when-they-get-covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-wh... > How can the pneumonia be treated? > Prof Christine Jenkins, chair of Lung Foundation Australia and a leading respiratory physician, told Guardian Australia: “Unfortunately, so far we don’t have anything that can stop people getting Covid-19 pneumonia. > “People are already trialling all sorts of medications and we’re hopeful that we might discover that there are various combinations of viral and anti-viral medications that could be effective. At the moment there isn’t any established treatment apart from supportive treatment, which is what we give people in intensive care. > “We ventilate them and maintain high oxygen levels until their lungs are able to function in a normal way again as they recover.” > Wilson says patients with viral pneumonia are also at risk of developing secondary infections, so they would also be treated with anti-viral medication and antibiotics.
- cmurf 7y ago"They have a million tests out now. They're going to have, over the next few days, they're going to have 4 million tests out. And frankly, the testing has been going very smooth." Trump, today "The idea of anybody getting it easily, the way people in other countries are doing it, we're not set up for that. Do I think we should be? Yes. But we're not. That is a failing. It is a failing. Let's admit it." Dr. Anthony Fauci, today The president of the United States cannot be trusted.
- netsharc 7y agoThe one little upside of this outbreak (plus how relatively not-deadly it is, you and I will probably get it but survive), is watching Trump squirm. He probably thought his speech would stop the market sell-off, but nope. And he and his admin have institutionalized Dunning-Kruger that they probably couldn't even see how badly the speech would be received.
- cmurf 7y agoUnfortunately, it is quite a lot worse than this, if today's Politico reporting is accurate, that Trump intentionally did not want more testing, to keep the reported number of infected low, to make him look like he's doing a good job, and increase his re-election chances. https://twitter.com/nprfreshair/status/1238186469690429440 https://twitter.com/nprfreshair/status/1238186469690429440 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/12/814881355/white-house-knew-coronavirus-would-be-a-major-threat-but-response-fell-short https://www.npr.org/2020/03/12/814881355/white-house-knew-co... If true, it's not politics. It's unethical and immoral, it is a dereliction of duty and oath to protect people.
- bradknowles 7y agoNope. It’s outright murder. Premeditated. With malice aforethought. Perhaps even on the scale of genocide.
- speedplane 7y ago> if ... accurate, that Trump intentionally did not want more testing, to keep the reported number of infected low, to ... increase his re-election chances. ... it's not politics. It's unethical and immoral... I'm no fan of Trump, but that's loading on too much. It's just bad instincts and leadership, no one could know how this would unfold.