Watching news reports, seeing this spread across the globe, the chaos it's caused in china, that the chaos appears to be spreading throughout Asia, is anyone else feeling that this may actually be a real pandemic, a true shtf event? At the initial outbreak in China several weeks ago I took a "wait and see" approach, with it spreading rapidly through Japan and South Korea, with hot spots appearing in other parts of the world, I'm starting to get the feeling that this may actually become a global pandemic - something we haven't seen in 100 years. Anyone else feeling that way?
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It certainly could be, China has definitely gone to some extremes with quarantines. However, I haven't seen death toll numbers that put it on pandemic levels. The normal flu kills a lot every year but you never hear about it. I feel this virus has been spotlighted more than it should. You also have to consider China's population and the median age is about the same as the US but they have WAY more people. I'd keep an eye on it, but don't bug out any time soon.
I'd have to see numbers go exponential here in the US before getting too excited. Just watching it creep around the globe and considering what that means. If I'm not mistaken, the flu kills .01%, this thing, looks like it's makes 20% of the people sick enough to need hospital care, killing 2% of those. for those that get very ill the average time in hospital is 20 days in ICU, at around 10K per day, 20k per day if they are on a vent and drips. if it were to infect 1/4 of the US population, you're looking at 16 million requiring hospital care, with 320k people who are going to be missing on the other side of this thing. It's no wonder cities are being quarantined. 10% of the globes population is under quarantine or restricted movement, that truly is unprecedented and difficult to get my head around. Looking to see what happens in Japan and South Korea. we'll get better info from those countries than we've been getting from China.
@jjohns66 And you can add Iran and Italy to the list also.
@Dogbone 99 I'll watch Italy over Iran, the mullahs aren't great about sharing info
Yes jjohns I for one am. The fact that it is highly transmissible in an aerosol form not just droplets, may have up to a 27 day incubation period, can be spread by people who are asymptomatic and on average 15-20% percent of patients will require intensive treatment tells me it is nothing to be downplayed.
Agreed.
time to come to terms with this outbreak not going away any time soon, that it will creep across the globe causing chaos. it could very well be the match that sets fire to the debt bomb across the globe. prepare accordingly. all truth passes through three phases. First it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Corona is killing about 2% of the infected in countries that are capable of dealing with it. It's killing 15ish% in countries that don't have the medical skills to combat it. For the record, the Spanish Flu Pandemic killed about 3% of the infected.
From a standpoint of trying to be prepared, it's certainly something that could quarantine your city. Ask the 11 million Chinese in Wuhan. They'll need to ride this one out on their own and the aftermath of reopening their cities to the rest of the country. This could certainly take months.
My dentist’s wife works for the Colorado Health Department. They have already been watching 15 suspicious cases here in Colorado. All have tested negative, but my Doc seems to think it’s only a matter of time until someone slips in (probably through DIA) carrying the virus and spreads it here. I agree. As with a lot of things, I wish we could be sure of getting reliable information so we could make rational decisions. I’m not sure how virulent it actually is, specifically how it’s spread, or how to treat it.
My guts are telling me it is not IT yet, bc people hunkered down in their houses is nothing..for now. But may be the beginning of birth pangs; you know-in the biblical timeline of things.. Someone actually had to explain this to me. How do you know when a child is about to be born? Contractions (stress) increase in intensity and frequency until BOOM you got a kid! I think events around the world will continue to 'intensify' and happen more often until something gives. Things are going to get WAY worse in our lifetime. Worse than any war plague or disaster that this world has ever seen.. Prepare physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually. All of our preps can get wiped out in the blink of an eye. The ONLY way we get out of this the right way is if we are right with the Lord. 🤠
you don’t have too much to worry about. It’s mainly effecting ppl with poor respiratory systems. Besides. If you’re a prepper. You’ll have 30 days food etc. Turn off the stupid box. It’s feeding you bad info