NEJM article gives hope!!

[brightday]

Originally Posted by padlin

I have both Chrome and Firefox browsers on my laptop, if something won't open on one, I launch the other and usually the page will open on it.

I added Firefox and was able to access the site!

[Pupfish]

The NY Times published a really nice article today that is worth looking at. I am a population ecologist with, yeah, a PhD and a graduate degree in statistics. The authors do not editorialize, just present data and a small bit of commentary. My take? We're not out of the woods, but this is data-driven and is hopeful.

Some U.S. Cities Could Have Coronavirus Outbreaks Worse Than Wuhan’s - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...omparison.html

[arniesea]

Originally Posted by Hollybee

This is NOT a political posting, but is a medical information posting:

This week's new England Journal of Medicine, (one of the most respected publications in the medical field) has an article giving us some much-needed hope:
Please check it out: Here is the gist of the article:

"Dr. Fauci concedes coronavirus death rate like 'very bad flu'.....
Co-authors medical journal article: 'considerably less than 0.1%'....."

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

Note: This editorial was published Feb 28th. Considerably more is known now a month later. I personally put more value on recent research.

[Rossue]

Arnie- are you sure? When I open the link the date is March 26.

[gbaglo]

Originally Posted by Rossue

Arnie- are you sure? When I open the link the date is March 26.

You need to read to the bottom, not just the headlines or link date.

[Rossue]

Still not seeing that, yet have McGoo Syndrome

[gbaglo]

Originally Posted by Rossue

Still not seeing that, yet have McGoo Syndrome

I have no idea what you are trying to say.
The image is from the bottom of the document that is linked.

[John in Santa Cruz]

whether the death rate is 1% or 0.5% or 3% whats scary is, this thing is super contagious.

any casual attempts at deriving a death rate from the current stats fail to understand that deaths occur on the average of about 30 days after exposure.

[salmo7000]

My main goal in life right now is to stay alive and keep from getting this thing. For me, it became real when I learned that 2 of my close friends were diagnosed last week. These folks live in North Dakota, which has one of the lower infection rates in the US. They have no idea how they got it, as they had been following all recommendations for social distancing for over 2 weeks. That scares the heck out of me. Regardless of death rate, this thing appears to be incredibly contagious. We had wonderful plans to take our 19 out camping in April, trips I had been looking forward to for months, but guess what, those trips are on hold now. I live in rural central Idaho in probably one of the safest places on earth, and even I'm taking it seriously!!! I want to be alive to enjoy life for many years to come, and I sure as heck don't want to end up sick for 3 weeks or worse, in a hospital on a ventilator. Giving up my freedom for a few weeks or months now to ensure I'm here in the future is more than worth it.

Plus I worry so about all the health care providers who can't stay home, who can't ever feel safe, and who are sacrificing themselves for all of the rest of us. For sure I don't want to add to the problem!! If we'd all just STAY PUT in our homes for three weeks, the thing would be squashed, and we could safely get out there again!

[P&L]

Originally Posted by Donna D.

You're not STUCK at home, you're SAFE at home. One word can change your attitude and one cough can change your life.

I love this attitude! thank you!

Lorna

[John in Santa Cruz]

another interesting article, https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-...ty-emerge.html

science hard at work!

[EdColorado]

Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz

another interesting article, https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-...ty-emerge.html

science hard at work!

The optimists are saying a year before a vaccine can be widely deployed.

Looking forward to camping during the Summer of '21.

Ed