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LisaL

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35. They probably are healthy, which is why they are making it to the ripe old age.

Reply to cwydro (Reply #33)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 08:37 PM

Mar 2020

But their medical system is completely overwhelmed, so they are not getting treatment they need, and so after making it to the ripe old age, covid is killing them.

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Rachel Maddow: "If you read one thing today, read this": 👀 [View all] Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 OP

I'd love to, but I'm a medical provider. Unless I'm sick, I have to show up for those who are. Aristus Mar 2020 #1

Thanks to all providers. I'll do my best safeinOhio Mar 2020 #4

They're referring to events like concerts, conventions, anything where attendance isn't mandatory Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #5

I'm working from home starting tomorrow. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #12

Actually, the author of the article, a Johns Hopkins prof, Is referring to other things MarcA Mar 2020 #27

Basically, what can be done from home, do it from home Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #28

It's for people like you that the rest of us should have been tested and isolated. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #14

You should also be provided with PPE, but of course there aren't enough to go around, tblue37 Mar 2020 #15

Nope. Got plenty. Aristus Mar 2020 #18

Glad to hear that! nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #19

It's not going to be stopped. coti Mar 2020 #2

It's not about stopping it; it's about mitigation Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #3

"Mitigation" in what sense? What I mean by "it's not going to be stopped" coti Mar 2020 #6

Mitigation is to keep hospitals from being overrun like in Italy right now. Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #7

+1. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #16

If you can at all slow the rate of transmission, it helps alleviate the strain on the system. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #17

I think you have to consider exactly what measures are being proposed, coti Mar 2020 #21

for the 90% who present as a cold, that will be fine Tumbulu Mar 2020 #29

But it can be slowed. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #34

Ok, now I'm worried... BadGimp Mar 2020 #8

Money is not more important than protecting life. we can do it Mar 2020 #30

Not to make you feel worse, but near-definite reality is that there is no "if," unfortunately. JudyM Mar 2020 #37

The lag in testing Pantagruel Mar 2020 #9

If it's an overreaction, the experts agree with overreacting. Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #10

Reasonable precautions, of course Pantagruel Mar 2020 #11

Part of your post could lead to Medicare For All. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #13

Agreed. Proceed with reasoned caution. MarcA Mar 2020 #23

Guess that'd be one way of getting rid of the old Duppers Mar 2020 #38

Quick math quiz: world wide wally Mar 2020 #20

About six weeks coti Mar 2020 #22

But once it hits "half" the population, the next step is all of them world wide wally Mar 2020 #24

Why are Italian death rates so much higher? bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #25

Smoking is more prevalent there than here? Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #26

Italy has the second highest average age of any country... Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #31

Age. Italy has one of the oldest populations in the world. cwydro Mar 2020 #33

They probably are healthy, which is why they are making it to the ripe old age. LisaL Mar 2020 #35

Yes, spot on. cwydro Mar 2020 #36

I'm retired, lucky enough to not have to work. cwydro Mar 2020 #32