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Finally found some stats of cv19 deaths versus normal level of deaths -
So, the only issue is the RATE of deaths - cv19 means they happen quickly and hence overwhelm the health services.
Just pin points the fact that the govt's underfunding of the health service over many years has left us with this crisis - will they learn the lesson, I doubt it!
My heart condition means I have an increased risk of sudden death - about 1.4% - so much the same risk as dying from cv19 - not worried!
The issue of the amount of health services available is always cost. Build the supply into the system for instances like this, and then when it doesn't happen all you hear is how much we are wasting on unused bed spaces etc. A prime example is Trump. He eliminated the NSC office that was focused on just something like this, tasked the staff with other duties. Consequently the US stumbled hard when this hot our shores. All the way from 'one old person got sick and got better. We are handling this great' to doubling the number of deaths in the country in two days.
mhoward wrote:
I am 64 years old. I smoked for 27 years, sometimes two packs or more per day (I quit 22 years ago). I've had pneumonia 5 times, a collapsed lung at 22 years old, and contracted TB while contracting for a hospital in 1997. If I get CV-19, my chances aren't very good. As I mentioned in an earlier post, a co-worker and her husband have both had it, so I have "possibly" been exposed by the co-worker (our offices are next to each other and I interact with her on a regular basis). We will see how it goes!
Hey, I hope not. Fortunately it takes more than just being in the same space. Obviously that doesn't help, but the normal safety stuff makes a big difference.
Some of the disinformation does bother me. It is very similar to the anti-vax bullshit. The honest to god reality is that right now, every anti-vax moron can go prove that they are right. Go expose yourself to covid-19. If the rest of us are lucky, it will kill them.