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Great point, forgot about Iran....they have all the same intrinsic markers that Italy and China do that make them very vulnerable to an overly negative impact from a virus of this type. Essentially Covid 19 is a respiratory flu, so dense/aging/respiratory adverse nations are going to struggle with it. Add in any infrastructure problems and it gets bad. However the majority of countries in the developed world don't have the perfect storm that Iran/Italy/China has so while it will be impactful it won't be the worst case scenario
Sounds good guys. Looks like scoop has figured it out. Someone alert the WHO and CDC that this is just a smokers disease.
Wouldn't the rural US have most of those same markers (outside of population density of course)?
Likely so. But you can be highly susceptible, and you still won't get the illness if you don't come into close contact with someone who carries the virus. It's a combination of risk factors like age, smoking, etc...plus coming into close contact with someone who carries the virus (which increases with population density).The US has relatively low smoking rates and population density, and a younger population than most of Western Europe. So while we still have plenty of reason to be vigilant, there is also reason to believe we won't see the extremes they are seeing in Italy and China.
Just curious, where besides your and mu03eng's conjecture have you read that smokers contract the disease at a higher rate than average?And since we're talking about smokers...he ten countries with the highest smoking rates are: Kiribati (52.40%) Nauru (47.50%) Greece (42.65%) Serbia (41.65%) Russia (40.90%) Jordan (40.45%) Indonesia (39.90%) Bosnia and Herzegovina (38.60%) Lebanon (38.30%) Chile (38.00%)Those are the ten countries with the highest smoking rates. Strange that I don't see China or Italy on those lists. Yet Covid2019 exists in 8 of those 10 places... and the two not on the list are tiny oceanic islands.
Just curious, where besides your and mu03eng's conjecture have you read that smokers contract the disease at a higher rate than average?
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/925855https://www.google.com/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/6634469/coronavirus-smoking/amp/There's more but then there's also the correlation of smoking to things like heart disease, diabetes, various lung diseases all of which have shown to be risk factors for worse cases of the virus.
Out of curiosity, would you be willing to disclose your current position in BTC and how far upside down you are?
Also, I know the Gates Foundation has chipped in a bit for this, by why are they not pouring more money into this?
4 of the 5 NYC boroughs have a higher population density than any Italian city. In fact 14 US metro areas have a higher population density than any Italian city. It jumps to 19 US metro areas if you want to compare it to the Italian epicenter of Milan. And its great that the US has lower smoking rates, it will undoubtedly help. But we also are leaders in hypertension and diabetes which are comorbidities to the virus which wouldn't.
No question there are parts of the US that have high risk factors for spread. But we also have huge swaths of land that are virtually empty compared to most of Western Europe. Again - I never said there isn't cause for concern. Only that, as a relative thing, we have good reason to believe that places like China and Italy may very well be the worst of it.
Ivy league just canceled all conference tournaments. This is starting to get real for the us. The last time events like this were canceled was when Jordan went to play for the tunesquad
St. JOhn's and the Coronavirushttps://nypost.com/2020/03/10/st-johns-university-asks-students-to-vacate-dorms-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/
Absolutely, but this moves via people... and we don't stay in one place, or out on the range in Wyoming. We go to work, stores, and school. Small villages in China were not immune either.
Why does anyone NEED to be tested?Why not treat this like influenza? Take appropriate precautions before illness. Then, if you become symptomatic, stay home and get healthy.If you become symptomatic and have comorbidities (respiratory dysfunction/elderly/autoimmune) or become severely compromised/ill, then go to hospital.Seems pretty straightforward and should be treated like any other viral illness.
Because it is nothing like influenza.
If you are a close contact of someone with COVID-19 and develop symptoms of COVID-19, call your healthcare provider and tell them about your symptoms and your exposure. They will decide whether you need to be tested, but keep in mind that there is no treatment for COVID-19 and people who are mildly ill are able to isolate at homeIf you are a resident in a community where there is ongoing spread of COVID-19 and you develop COVID-19 symptoms, call your healthcare provider and tell them about your symptoms. They will decide whether you need to be tested, but keep in mind that there is no treatment for COVID-19 and people who are mildly ill are able to isolate at home.For people who are ill with COVID-19, but are not sick enough to be hospitalized, please follow CDC guidance on how to reduce the risk of spreading your illness to others. People who are mildly ill with COVID-19 are able to isolate at home during their illness.