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Let's not forget that survival doesn't come without damage. Some survivors are found to have suffered permanent lung damage. Hard to put a number on that now, but it looks to be higher than the death rate. So if a million people die, millions of survivors will live with lung damage the rest of their lives.
If tap is OK, they should be worrying about other essentials and not their fancy bottled waterNot sure why that's funny. Lots of people only drink bottled water, even if tap is okWe reached out to some older folks in the community to see if any of them need any essentials. One of the responses was yes, two cases of Evian water.
That's not the one I meant. But I made a mistake, again, bringing it up here.
What about for people who receive X amount of govt financial assistance they are required by the govt to have a small % of their pay check put into fixed income growing interest until they have 3 months of living expenses. This money can be made back available to them upon retirement tax free. Should the govt exact this type of situation again, that money can be used to pay for expenses.
I am not adding social encounters so that somebody can have Evian water, nor should anybody else. That is asinine.
This can't be said enough. We're not in a struggle with how lethal the virus is. We are in a struggle with how quickly our healthcare system is overwhelmed.
There was ZERO testing from Dec-Now. How many "flu like" deaths have their been? The flu usually kills 22-55k per year. Im guessing that number will be much higher this year.
That's why i said right now in big bold letters. But as numerator grows from previously diagnosed cases, denominator will continue to grow exponentially.
I don't know how many different ways I can try to explain this so that you understand. You are wrong.
Wow. I'm sure they are. What does it hurt to try and help with what they like? They are older and scared. The bottled water is something small they would appreciate. It's about mental and emotional health especially for them as well.
Yep, the ripple effects are going to impact people who have nothing to do with the coronavirus.
You can't explain away math. Nobody is claiming the mortality rate is 3.5% anymore. Most everyone agrees it's 1.0% or less.
Seriously? WHat if they asked for caviar that is only availabel at a specialty store across town? Or asked for 250 rolls of TP?
We offered to help with necessities. That is not a necessity. That's an annoying, tone-deaf, self-absorbed luxury.
How are recoveries tracked? Someone that tests positive that is told to self quarantine, do they retest them 2 weeks later?
Help is not something that is unlimited.
Nice job avoiding my question.
Silly comparison. Obviously some of you have never worked with older folks to understand their psyche. Most are depressed and the little things are all they have. They are not in the same realm as us younger folks. For OLDER people it's equally about their mental health. If you can't see this I don't know what else to say.
I can't believe I'm still doing this.
I also liked that every attempt the press made to pit people on the stage against the President they pushed back and set it straight they are one team with one vision.Finally gave the "what for" to a reporter asking a moronic question.
The problem is 0.6% of what? If it’s of all people in the U.S., that’s 2 million people.
And to rant nmore on this - my coworker has apparently never heard of a reusable container. Lunch is in a paper bag, sandwich in a ziploc, chips in another ziploc, bottled water. Every ####### day
I don't think arguing about if it's overrated or not is appropriate in the time of a health crisis nor is it the time to try and tell my dad he can't have something to help keep him sane and perhaps a little bit happier. Thankfully my bro who helps care for him agrees.
Only 4% of infected require critical care. It's very easy to make educated guesses. The biggest unknown is the number truely infected, and people were speculating that it is very very high. I tend to agree and that's my point.
All over the map of a normal distribution. The median is the magnitude of the number you reported.
I'm familiar with older people, thanks. They can deal with whatever bottled water they have on hand and drink tap water for a little while. It's clean water. You drink it. We are making trips for people who genuinely need food, TP, medicine, and any other essentials. It's not about being inconvenienced, it's about the unnecessary encounters. I'd have no problem getting somebody Evian (second choice Fiji) under normal circumstances. In terms of mental health, we are touching base with these people and chatting with them.
