NBA season is suspended

[gandalfe]

uh it was an obvious joke you tool

I have actually heard people saying that seriously, so without any visual cues...

 

[Shad]

the sooner everyone gets it and it's over and done with the better

This.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

 

[hgb]

My dad told me the virus is ending in China. And that in a month or so it won’t be a concern in USA as well. I googled it but found nothing. He said he heard it on CNN, I scoffed at that as I don’t trust the news as far as I can throw it.

just wondering if any of u heard the same?

The spreading of the virus seems to decline heavily in China, but a) the US is months behind China and b) China has taken really serious measures, quaranteening millions of people. Unless the US does something similar, there's no reason to think they can experience the same results.

 

[Shad]

The seasonal flu generally kills about 0.1% of those who get it. COVID19 kills about 3.4% of those who catch it. Even the lowest estimates are about 1%, that is, 10x as deadly as the seasonal flu. Estimates of total deaths in the US from seasonal flu have ranged between 12000 and 61000, depending on the year. So, even with the conservative 1% case fatality rate, you're looking at 120000 dead. Now that can be lessened by, you know, doing the things that we're doing, but it may be too late. However, the important thing to do is, as they're saying "flatten the curve."

You're getting this number from REPORTED ONLY cases. I'm sure it is MUCH lower than that with 80% of cases with mild/to no symptoms at all

 

[hgb]

You're getting this number from REPORTED ONLY cases. I'm sure it is MUCH lower than that with 80% of cases with mild/to no symptoms at all

Probably, but for the seasonal flu, a lot of people have antibodies and won't contract it at all, but it's likely that this will hit a lot more people.

 

[hgb]

The spreading of the virus seems to decline heavily in China, but a) the US is months behind China and b) China has taken really serious measures, quaranteening millions of people. Unless the US does something similar, there's no reason to think they can experience the same results.

Also interesting is that the curve seems to flatten in South Korea as well (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-korea/), which I guess indicates that quaranteening people and making drastic decisions seems to actually work.
The world-wide graph looks better too, but that might be because countries like the US and India aren't reporting anything resembling real numbers.

 

[gandalfe]

You're getting this number from REPORTED ONLY cases. I'm sure it is MUCH lower than that with 80% of cases with mild/to no symptoms at all

Probably, but for the seasonal flu, a lot of people have antibodies and won't contract it at all, but it's likely that this will hit a lot more people.

A lot of people never report the seasonal flu, either. What is your point?

 

[jazfan23]

Maybe play the rest of the season in North Korea

 

[hgb]

A lot of people never report the seasonal flu, either. What is your point?

My point is that a lot more people will get sick with Corona as opposed to the flu, since we don't have any antibodies.

 

[Lakers_Slapper]

Yes. Because of the forced hysteria driven by the media which is a driving force behind this craziness that in the end will be less potent than the normal cold/flu illnesses we see every year.

Do your research before opening that hole in your head you call a mouth and thinking with that dung in your head that you call a brain.

The flu kills more people per year, and has been around a long time. We have medicines to combat the effects of the flu and have for years.
The Corona virus spreads faster than any other virus that we've seen and we know little to nothing about it.
What we do know, is that it spreads fast and is resilient to methods that kill the common flu virus easily. We also know little about how it spreads and how long the virus stays alive without attaching itself to a host.
Its killed world renowned doctors that started studying its effects. The flu virus rarely to almost never has had that effect.
This virus effects the lungs first and the flu doesn't. My young daughter has a chronic asthma disorder and if she gets the corona virus she will die immediately, whereas the flu she has had twice and survived both.

 

[hgb]

My young daughter has a chronic asthma disorder and if she gets the corona virus she will die immediately

While the virus could certainly be dangerous to your daughter, it's not like it has a 100% mortality rate in any population group. Even the worst risk groups have <50% of dying (but probably a good chance of getting really sick).