re: Serious question to those who feel this is being overblown

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Serious question to those who feel this is being overblown

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.0011% of the residents of Louisiana are reported to have contracted Covid-19. That's not 1.1% just in case you get confused. The Governor has shut down the State. You tell me. Is this being over blown?

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The Governor has shut down the State. You tell me. Is this being over blown?

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What in this makes you think it is?

Do you believe 'shutting down' the state doesn't help eliminate the spread?

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I have read but have not been able to verify personally (on CDC website, for example) that pneumonia and influenza deaths are substantially down as COVID deaths emerge, which of course would make you wonder if the people we're trying to save from COVID would be dying from the next available virus

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Apparently, C-19 cures a lot.

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Also, California. They should be getting ravished by this. They aren't. Probably because it had been there since the fall.

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Numbers started to spike last week in the Central Valley north of Los Angeles. Temperatures just started increasing in the Valley, hopefully some sunshine and people staying inside will keep this at bay. There’s 1MM people in the metro with a history of poor medical coverage in the area.

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Logic would say yes but do you think it was necessary? That's the question.

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I don't possess the medical knowledge of viruses to answer this. My hunch would be that you do not either.

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We also have vaccines for the flu, yet millions get infected every year.

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There are three main reasons for this:

1. Only a percentage of the population actually get the flu vaccine. Too few really.

2. The Flu virus mutates so rapidly that we have to guess which strain or strains to put in each year's vaccine. The result is inconsistent year to year.

3. Vaccines don't block you from getting infected with a virus, they arm your immunity with the antibodies and ability to identify a particular pathogen giving most people the ability to more effectively fight an infection. In the case of the flu, an effective vaccination may only reduce the severity of a flu infection, not stop you from becoming symptomatic.

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Also, California. They should be getting ravished by this. They aren't. Probably because it had been there since the fall.

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If that were true then it would have been apparent at California hospitals by now.

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I was responding to someone who said they would take Corona seriously when it hit H1N1 numbers - which killed 12k in the USA in an entire season

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yeah and there were 20mil cases after 6 months in the us alone. do you honestly think 19 is going to be anywhere near that?

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I used Italy because they are about 2-3 week ahead of the States and a lot of other places in terms of when the virus really began to spread and take hold. Over 12k have died in 30 days in Italy

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so you're just basically repeating an already refuted point. got it.

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Sorry if the truth hurts

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whatever genius.

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You think the decision should be based solely on medical knowledge? Probably not entirely. Majorly based, if you made me pick my preference.

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Why?

The economic impact on people is just as important.

Frankly, this entire episode has shown just how much lip service everything ever said about caring about the little guy and small business has always been.

We've got a bunch of people who will likely weather the economic storm looking down their noses at everyone who won't and basically saying, "suck it up because I'm showing how noble I am right now!!!!"

It's just another fancy way of "helping" at other people's expense and then patting oneself on the back for it.

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I find this thinking to be odd.

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That most of the decision making about a virus should be left to medical knowledge?