Just saw this on Twitter:
Margret
Margret
I went through a Billing and Coding course about 8 years ago. We had to do a paper ever month and I did one on the Flu Pandemic in 2018 and the Bird Flu. That is a looming issue with a pandemic of serious health issues. We simply do not have the capacity in our health care system. I found statistics on the number of people in this country that could be on a ventilator at the same time and it is grim. Decisions would have to be made on who lives and who dies on the basis of available beds and ventilators.So this article explains much better what the goal is with the efforts of containment.
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The fact is that the health care system can only take care of so many people. This a known factor. When there are too many in need and no way to treat them then things get much worse very fast. So the idea is to slow the infection down enough so that people can get treated, cured, released and then be ready for the next ones. They call it "flattening the curve". It is an effort to keep the number of sick people low enough to allow all to be treated. Ultimately it will not stop the virus but it will make it much more survivable because treatment will be available rather than stacking people up on cots in parking lots. So this is what "containment" is all about. Slow it down until it either dies out or an effective treatment is discovered. It doesn't matter that most people handle it with no problem, I think its like 80 %. What matters is that it is slowed down, like a forest fire being dampened down, so it doesn't overwhelm everything and people then die in the chaos.
I just hope what happened then doesn't happen now. The Spanish flu had a relatively mild phase, followed by a very deadly phase.This does not seem to be as virulent as the Spanish Flu pandemic was for most people.
Time to buy in.The DOW has dropped almost another 2000 points. It's down between 21,000 and 22,000. Before this started it was close to 30,000.
Not quite yet, the market which was way over priced to begin with won’t probably bottom out until we start to get a bit of good news about the virus.Time to buy in.
I've just increased my contribution a bit for my next pay period. So wont be in effect until end of this month. It should be worse by then I'm guessing.Not quite yet, the market which was way over priced to begin with won’t probably bottom out until we start to get a bit of good news about the virus.
It's interesting how this outbreak is pointing out income equality. Who can afford to stock up on food all at once and who can only afford to buy what they usually do; who is going to suffer when their kids can't have school meals; who has access to online learning + schools who can offer it + parents who are able to monitor their children to make sure they do work and don't need too much help. To say nothing of who has insurance vs. those who don't.Governor Dewine has mandated school closing for 3 weeks beginning at end of class on 3/16/2020, two weeks in conjunction with the one week for spring break. He is leaving it up to schools as far as online or remote classes, that means wealthier schools will still be in school, poorer schools won't be. He has also banned public gatherings of more then 100 people.
Also, there are students who are worried about where they will go or how to afford food if colleges and universities close. A buddy on facebook was posting about this and how she works two jobs in the area she attends school, and if she is not allowed to stay in college housing, how she's not sure how this will work for her because she needs money to live. Some students may not have a home to go back to, and there are also international studies with no relatives in the U.S.. Also, if cafeterias, etc. close, how will students gain access to food?It's interesting how this outbreak is pointing out income equality. Who can afford to stock up on food all at once and who can only afford to buy what they usually do; who is going to suffer when their kids can't have school meals; who has access to online learning + schools who can offer it + parents who are able to monitor their children to make sure they do work and don't need too much help. To say nothing of who has insurance vs. those who don't.