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In reply to the discussion: Is our fight against Corona Virus worse than the disease itself [View all]SDANation
(419 posts)48. That's not ignorance
Its shared by many epidemiologists and MDs who have spent their entire careers studying virology and vaccine science, including Dr Paul Offit. A man who has spent decades developing vaccines and research the spread of disease.
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We can already predict high-density areas will have higher levels of transmission.
pat_k
Mar 2020
#61
Not to mention that it could buy time to get our act together on producing plasma from recovered ...
pat_k
Mar 2020
#58
A 60 yr old woman was the first to die in my county, yesterday Not use to seeing 60 yr old women
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#17
At least they get a chance at the hospital. In this situation, many will get no chance. n/t
blitzen
Mar 2020
#26
They had the 2nd oldest population last year, and we had the flu last year. Not the same.
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#47
Read this and maybe you will reconsider your view ("Holy Shit, this is not the flu!")
blitzen
Mar 2020
#32
Give me one day in 2017 that had 763 people die in one day in one area in one country.
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#49
It's a case fatality ratio ... mortality rate is calculated differently ...
mr_lebowski
Mar 2020
#45
One might also ask "are we better off without this article or with it?" (*)
KY_EnviroGuy
Mar 2020
#50
Alright, I admit it...The NY Times is indeed the Failing NY Times. No mention of...
blitzen
Mar 2020
#53
No practical way isolate the vulnerable while allowing virus free reign among the "low risk."
pat_k
Mar 2020
#54
So 'surgical action' would mean age group losses to those over what? 80? 70? 60? are acceptable?
Baclava
Mar 2020
#62
I thought this was about EVERYONE getting sick at a rate that will overwhelm our
KewlKat
Mar 2020
#64