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> If people are concerned about it Until more is learned about covid-19 people should be concerned. Where the disease is out of control, hospitals are filling
by corny 6y ago
> If people are concerned about it
Until more is learned about covid-19 people should be concerned. Where the disease is out of control, hospitals are filling up and many people in need of health care are suffering as a result.
BTW, at least in Canada, the number of deaths due to covid-19 has been concentrated most in long-term care homes. These are also places where deaths due to pneumonia and flu are common. We're learning now that the quality of care in these homes has been insufficient to deal with covid-19. All of the measures that are now in the works to improve the quality of care in those homes should have the side-effect of reducing deaths from other infectious diseases in the future.
- jakeogh 6y agoThe excess death stats are accessible to us all. What's the non-COVID-19 pneumonia # for 2019-2020 so far? It's nonsensical to expect everyone to agree, those that want a mask, should use one for viruses. This is like pretending the cold is going away, and we must all obey until that happens. Wont happen. As you mention, fixing the situation of the vulnerable is the way. Quite possibly would have been better response in the first place. Viruses are only getting easier to engineer. Shutting down the country only makes them _more_ valuable.
- jakeogh 6y agoAlso, deliberate problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23741888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23741888