1st COVID-19 death in the US (WA state)

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31 minutes ago, Lord Temptation said:

I meant sensible panicking, like changing behaviours that increase risk, not hysterical panicking. The spread is inevitable. Common sense things like washing hands, covering your cough/sneeze with your elbow, avoiding touching people, avoiding enclosed spaces.

M’am that’s common sense practice. Not panicking. 
 

We absolutely should not panic. Like rush buying masks n get them off stock for people who actually need them. 

[ThisGuyTony 35,309]

11 minutes ago, August3 said:

We should not panic. But I'm sure the coronavirus is much more dangerous than we are being told. I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I believe that we are not getting all available information about the virus, in order to not make us panic. 

I agree. Strange how simple precautions can prevent it and the reported symptoms aren’t that different from the flu...

[Lord Temptation 11,209]

16 minutes ago, Lona Delery said:

no, the influenza from 1918 was an aggressive strain which is the reason so many people died. the flu thats around nowadays is much less aggressive.

you're trying to spread fear when there is absolutely nothing to be afraid of. 

The 18 doctors that first identified the virus have all died. But people have “absolutely nothing” to be agraid of 

[homomo 23,883]

12 minutes ago, Lord Temptation said:

Seasonal flu kills people who have compromised immune systems. It was a pandemic in 1918 when it killed 40 million people.

Coronavirus is killing perfectly healthy people. It is a pandemic RIGHT NOW.

Don’t be ignorant. 

No it's not. That is misinformation. Please look at this graph provided by the BBC:

 

As you can see, less than one percent of all deaths have been in people under 50. Plus, less than one percent of ALL deaths have been from people in healthy conditions (but we need to realize the 60+ demographic is suffering the worse, as they are the ones with weaker immune systems, etc)

I think it's much more ignorant that you're blatantly ignoring actual science behind this virus and simply following the mass-media scare tactic that is USING people for clicks, views and ad revenue.

The best thing you can do is simply just wash your hands regularly, and don't touch your face- the same as any other winter virus. And of course limit your contact with vulnerable groups (ie, old people) if you show any type of flu symptoms. 

[Ladey Gaygay 9,321]

38 minutes ago, Cookies said:

i'm really scared. i don't want to die. i don't want anyone to die from this

You wont die, think about it as a slightly stronger flu. At your age, you're more likely to get struck by lightning than die from the coronavirus

[Ladey Gaygay 9,321]

1 minute ago, homomo said:

No it's not. That is misinformation. Please look at this graph provided by the BBC:

 

As you can see, less than one percent of all deaths have been in people under 50. Plus, less than one percent of ALL deaths have been from people in healthy conditions (but we need to realize the 60+ demographic is suffering the worse, as they are the ones with weaker immune systems, etc)

I think it's much more ignorant that you're blatantly ignoring actual science behind this virus and simply following the mass-media scare tactic that is USING people for clicks, views and ad revenue.

The best thing you can do is simply just wash your hands regularly, and don't touch your face- the same as any other winter virus. And of course limit your contact with vulnerable groups (ie, old people) if you show any type of flu symptoms. 

Period this corona fear is a bit too out of hand

[homomo 23,883]

4 minutes ago, Lord Temptation said:

The 18 doctors that first identified the virus have all died. But people have “absolutely nothing” to be agraid of 

No, actually 8 medical professionals in China have died from the virus. This is 8 deaths out of over 1700 infected medical staff.

[Lord Temptation 11,209]

3 minutes ago, homomo said:

No it's not. That is misinformation. Please look at this graph provided by the BBC:

 

As you can see, less than one percent of all deaths have been in people under 50. Plus, less than one percent of ALL deaths have been from people in healthy conditions (but we need to realize the 60+ demographic is suffering the worse, as they are the ones with weaker immune systems, etc)

I think it's much more ignorant that you're blatantly ignoring actual science behind this virus and simply following the mass-media scare tactic that is USING people for clicks, views and ad revenue.

The best thing you can do is simply just wash your hands regularly, and don't touch your face- the same as any other winter virus. And of course limit your contact with vulnerable groups (ie, old people) if you show any type of flu symptoms. 

Listen here sis. Doctors themselves are dying from Coronavirus. Can you imagine what could happen if doctors decide to STOP treating patients? This is what a pandemic is. Don’t give me your BBC graph when the people who are actually treating the disease face to face are dying.

[PhantomOfTheDance 13,795]

2 hours ago, Ladey Gaygay said:

You wont die, think about it as a slightly stronger flu. At your age, you're more likely to get struck by lightning than die from the coronavirus

yeah, i know. i keep worrying though because every single news station is making a big deal out of it and it's slightly concerning, but i usually try to remind myself that the flu has a higher death rate

[homomo 23,883]

9 minutes ago, Lord Temptation said:

Telling people not to worry about a brand new disease that has killed close to 3,000 in two months is morbidly grotesque. What is wrong with you?

In less than five months, the flu has killed 18,000 – 46,000 in the USA ALONE. Where is your outcry about this? - https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm

[homomo 23,883]

Just now, Lord Temptation said:

Listen here sis. Doctors themselves are dying from Coronavirus. Can you imagine what could happen if doctors decide to STOP treating patients? This is what a pandemic is. Don’t give me your BBC graph when the people who are actually treating the disease face to face are dying.

8 people died. Yes, that is 8 people too much, but medical professionals die all the time from other viruses they treat. 

[Ladey Gaygay 9,321]

7 minutes ago, Lord Temptation said:

Telling people not to worry about a brand new disease that has killed close to 3,000 in two months is morbidly grotesque. What is wrong with you?

I mean out of the almost 90,000 confirmed cases and the 2,942 deaths, that gives a 3% risk of dying

Out of 100000 people with the flu last year 6.5% of people or 6515 people had died

So take a deep breathe and relax. There is a bigger chance that you would die by a shark bite than the Coronavirus

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9 minutes ago, ThisGuyTony said:

I agree. Strange how simple precautions can prevent it and the reported symptoms aren’t that different from the flu...

I also think it’s strange, that if COVID-19 is really not anymore dangerous than the flu as some people claim, then why are the doctors and authorities seemingly much more worried about the coronavirus. Why are people from Wuhan, are city with millions of citizens, not allowed to leave the city? Why are people who have caught coronavirus not allowed to leave their home for 14 days? Why are hospitals making isolation areas for people who caught it? There's so many questions. 

[Ladey Gaygay 9,321]

@Lord Temptation remember when Ebola(which was far more deadly than the corona virus) was a thing and it was supposedly going to kill everybody? It stopped being a thing after a few months and You and literally almost every person alive/infected back in 2014 are still here, healthy as can be

Just take a nice chill pill and realize tiny outbreaks like this happen all the time and that wayyyyyyy less than 1% of the planet has been infected

 

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50 minutes ago, Cookies said:

i'm really scared. i don't want to die. i don't want anyone to die from this