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03-19-2020, 05:17 AM | #1 |
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Covid-19 Facts
Good morning all. I thought I'd start a separate thread with some Covid-19 facts that were provided by my daughter who is an infectious diseases Doctor that works in N.Y.C. She wrote this for me yesterday with the intention of helping to dispel some of the panic and fear. Yes this is a serious thing, but common sense and more knowledge is always a good thing. The numbers are for comparison purposes to the Flu, and you likely won't hear it from the media. I just want all our racers and their families to be more informed so they can make better decisions for their lives. It's a lot of data, but worthy of the time .
Please be safe and let's hope we can get back to racing soon. God Bless. Walt |
03-19-2020, 05:36 AM | #2 |
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Sorry folks........ the second page doesn't open for some reason unknown by me. It mainly talks about percentages and how they will vary based on the testing priorities, plus following the distancing instructions, good hygiene and avoiding contact with your face. That to me will be the challenge. How often do we touch our face and not even realize it.
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03-19-2020, 08:24 AM | #3 |
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Is this published somewhere so we can read the second page? It's well written and I would like to be able to read the rest of it. Thank her for writing it for us.
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03-19-2020, 08:36 AM | #4 |
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At this time your chances of testing positive are .00027%. 80% of those who test positive have mild sysptoms. 12% have no sysptoms. 60% of those that have passed away are 80 years or older.
The swine flu killed 12,600 americans and sickened 50 million. I don't remember any of this kind of madness going on. Every year 12,000 to 14,000 Americans die from the flu. Doesn't make the news right? Keep yourself rested and eating healthy. This will be behind us by mid May to early June according to a microbiologist I work with. Just like a normal flu season
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03-19-2020, 10:55 AM | #5 |
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Curtis: I'll have to re-scan it and convert it to a jpg. Then I'll attach it.
Yo Ken had to help me the 1st time around, but I think it had to do with the size. Page 2 is shorter. I have to do this from work, hopefully this afternoon. Thanks for your compliment on my daughter's writing. She's a brilliant Lady and I'm amazed she's mine to be honest. Please stand by. Walt |
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https://www.health.gov.au/news/healt...d-case-numbers
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03-19-2020, 12:13 PM | #7 |
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Hi again all. I'm back at work now.
Attached is page 2 of the sheet I sent earlier this a.m. Thanks for your interest and stay safe please. god Bless, Walt |
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Back then systems and responsive leadership were in sync to deal with the Pandemic. We were communicating on a sane basis with other countries and sharing information. We already had a Flu Vaccines out to help people from further infections. The systems worked, few people died compared to the 50 million were affected. CV19 today the US leadership ignored the issue and calling it a hoax. There is no Vaccine for CV19 and will not be available for a year. The Agency that deals with global diseases was shut down two years ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ease-outbreak/ Last edited by Dan Fahey; 03-19-2020 at 12:26 PM. |
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One of my old chemistry professors posted some information that I think is helpful to understand the differences between this and the seasonal flu. I feel like there's so much out there that's either "This is a pandemic, everybody needs to panic" (but doesn't explain why) or "Look at the number of cases, the flu infects and kills way more people than COVID-19 does each year" (without looking at how fast it's growing from a single source or clarifying how it does differ).
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Great post Andrew and thanks for sharing. Hopefully it will be taken to heart by those who continue to believe that this is being over hyped and sensationalized.
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