25 Mar 2020, 10:29 pm
funeralxempire wrote:
EzraS wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
On a case-by-case basis it seems worse.
The flu has certainly killed more and infected more, but it's also had much longer to do so.
The flu has certainly killed more and infected more, but it's also had much longer to do so.
Well I was saying annually. And annually meaning annual flu season. Especially flu season at its peak. Which is Jan-Feb from what I read. I think with covid-19 there are a lot of unreported cases because either it is asymptomatic or mild enough that people don't see a doctor. So I think the official number is probably a lot lower than it should be because of that. And if that is the case then it is not as deadly as it looks when comparing the number of known cases to the number of deaths to get a percentage. Maybe it is really more like 5 million cases vs 20,000 deaths rather than 1/2 million cases vs 20,000 deaths.
I don't disagree with the idea that we really don't know the extent of this at the moment which makes it hard to generate accurate statistics. That said, some places have a much better understanding of how the outbreak looks in their country due to higher rates of testing.
That thing about undiagnosed/unreported mild cases would be true of influenza as well though. Someone who develops a mild cold, whether it's this corona strain or an influenza strain or one of the other handful of things that cause colds probably won't look into what caused it. The difference is that a person who passes that corona virus strain on seems to be more likely to cause severe issues for at least a portion of those infected (even if it's only 5 or 10x instead of 30x).
There's a possibility I might have it. I haven't pursued testing but I've got a pneumonia, muscle cramps and a fever. I don't have the energy to go to the hospital, even though obviously cost isn't the issue. I don't want to make anyone share a car with me to get me there, so it's easier to just stay home and watch videos/clean my room.
Feel free to include me in a death pool.
It's too bad there's not a home test kit that can transmit the results.
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26 Mar 2020, 1:42 am
funeralxempire wrote:
There's a possibility I might have it. I haven't pursued testing but I've got a pneumonia, muscle cramps and a fever. I don't have the energy to go to the hospital, even though obviously cost isn't the issue. I don't want to make anyone share a car with me to get me there, so it's easier to just stay home and watch videos/clean my room.
Feel free to include me in a death pool.
Feel free to include me in a death pool.
Sorry
You should at least call your primary care physician/GP or go to a local urgent care center and describe your symptoms. Pneumonia if that is what you really have requires hospitalization. It sucks being hospitalized but you don't want to chance it getting worse and you're gasping for air and the hospital has run out of ventilators and beds.
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26 Mar 2020, 12:34 pm
ASPartOfMe wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
There's a possibility I might have it. I haven't pursued testing but I've got a pneumonia, muscle cramps and a fever. I don't have the energy to go to the hospital, even though obviously cost isn't the issue. I don't want to make anyone share a car with me to get me there, so it's easier to just stay home and watch videos/clean my room.
Feel free to include me in a death pool.
Feel free to include me in a death pool.
Sorry
You should at least call your primary care physician/GP or go to a local urgent care center and describe your symptoms. Pneumonia if that is what you really have requires hospitalization. It sucks being hospitalized but you don't want to chance it getting worse and you're gasping for air and the hospital has run out of ventilators and beds.
Pneumonia doesn't always require hospitalisation. My brother got it several years ago and went to the doctor, who gave him the diagnosis, and they sent him home instead of to the hospital. He recovered pretty quickly once he got on antibiotics and never needed to go back in except for follow-up appointments. But still, probably a good idea to call your doctor's office and see if they want you to come in based on your symptoms.
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26 Mar 2020, 3:26 pm
ASPartOfMe wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
There's a possibility I might have it. I haven't pursued testing but I've got a pneumonia, muscle cramps and a fever. I don't have the energy to go to the hospital, even though obviously cost isn't the issue. I don't want to make anyone share a car with me to get me there, so it's easier to just stay home and watch videos/clean my room.
Feel free to include me in a death pool.
Feel free to include me in a death pool.
Sorry
You should at least call your primary care physician/GP or go to a local urgent care center and describe your symptoms. Pneumonia if that is what you really have requires hospitalization. It sucks being hospitalized but you don't want to chance it getting worse and you're gasping for air and the hospital has run out of ventilators and beds.
My life isn't worth anything to me, so either result would be an improvement.
I get pneumonia at least once a year, I get bronchitis basically every time I get a cold. I don't go to the hospital over them unless I'm blueish (from cyanosis).
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