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> Spending a few weeks in the ICU is a good way to bankrupt yourself on the path towards returning to regular work, let alone how hard a ventilator is on even s
by steveeq1 6y ago
> Spending a few weeks in the ICU is a good way to bankrupt yourself on the path towards returning to regular work, let alone how hard a ventilator is on even survivors.
Ok, I'm willing to consider devil's argument, but this is just plain ridiculuous. The great bulk of infected people classsify this as "mild". If you're young, strong, and healthy, your chances of dying from this are basically zero in any common sense way. And far more people are going to "get bankrupt on the way to work" as you say using the current method. We're not trying to find a perfect solution, we are trying to find the better one.
- mullingitover 6y ago> If you're young, strong, and healthy, your chances of dying from this are basically zero in any common sense way There are zero longitudinal studies about the long-term effects of infection. For all we know, young healthy people could appear to beat the virus, only for it to hide out and plague you with severe health problems down the road. We could have an massive epidemic of a neurodegenerative disease caused by Covid-19 twenty years from now. I have no desire to roll the dice on that even if the odds look good for me at the moment.
- steveeq1 6y agoOh come on, you can say that for any flu epidemic.
- mullingitover 6y agoYes you can[1], which is exactly why you don't really want to roll the dice even if you appear okay after the initial infection. [1] https://epmonthly.com/article/neuropsych-complications-flu-virus/ https://epmonthly.com/article/neuropsych-complications-flu-v...
- steveeq1 6y agoBut you "roll the dice" with every flu epidemic.
- throwphoton 6y agoThe flu doesn't generally involve rolling the dice so quickly that morgues run out of space.
- steveeq1 6y ago"Man shot 9 times die of corona virus." I question how these numbers are calculated sometimes.
- ashtonkem 6y agoThat sounds like you’re starting to talk about a conspiracy theory.
- steveeq1 6y agoThe "conspiracy" theory is the news often exaggerates or gives misinformation on a particular subject to fulfill a particular agenda or make more money on ads. This is hardly a conspiracy theory.
- mullingitover 6y agoThe media isn't the only group with an agenda[1]. [1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/coronavirus-quarantine-protests-facebook-groups https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/coron...
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- eli_gottlieb 6y ago"Mild" COVID-19 means you're bedridden with fever and breathing problems for a week.
- klmadfejno 6y agoPlease don't make things up. A mild case is mild. Bedridden with fever for weeks is not mild. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/13/814691018/coronavirus-symptoms-defining-mild-moderate-and-severe https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/13/8146910... > In 80% of known cases, COVID-19 causes mild to moderate illness, according to a report of a joint World Health Organization-China mission of 25 infectious disease experts held in China late last month. > At a press conference on March 9, Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, said: "[A] mild infection starts normally with a fever, although it may take a couple of days to get a fever. You will have some respiratory symptoms; you have some aches and pains. You'll have a dry cough. This is what the majority of individuals will have." > It is "nothing that will make you feel like you need to run to a hospital," says Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. > A mild case of COVID-19 in and of itself is not dangerous.
- eli_gottlieb 6y agoThe best I can say for myself here is that I was sincerely misinformed. I apologize, and will make sure I don't repost the misinformation.