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46. How is China quarantining 760 million people like most pandemics? tia

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I'm feeling better about Coronavirus than I have in days. Am I justified? [View all] skip fox Mar 2020 OP

Not yet mshasta Mar 2020 #1

this janterry Mar 2020 #4

I don't think the issue is the mortality rate. drray23 Mar 2020 #2

Not to quarrel, but at 73 with heart problems, mortality rates are pretty important to me. skip fox Mar 2020 #11

No shit! Chainfire Mar 2020 #57

✨✨✨✨THANK YOU !!!✨✨✨✨ The infection rate can be 30% that shuts people uponit7771 Mar 2020 #47

Exactly. There aren't enough hospital beds, hospital staff, ventilators, or even masks. pnwmom Mar 2020 #59

Yes you are, in my opinion! at140 Mar 2020 #3

K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2020 #7

No JCMach1 Mar 2020 #5

Without knowing the number of asymptomatic cases there... TwilightZone Mar 2020 #12

It's really simple right now... more than 2% and less than 10% JCMach1 Mar 2020 #40

No, we don't know that. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #41

we don't know that about flu either AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #62

Exactly-the flu numbers are much higher. Most do not see a doctor for the flu. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #79

And that number depends on the country involved and how forceful they are to contain it. GemDigger Mar 2020 #80

We also don't know the number of additional deaths we've already had pnwmom Mar 2020 #60

Hard to know the exact mortality rate because of lack of testing BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author dawg Mar 2020 #8

The officially stated mortality rates are almost assuredly much higher than reality. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #9

The bad news is Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #13

My main source of contention is the death rates being thrown around. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #24

Don't think so. ooky Mar 2020 #10

I'm with you, but skip fox Mar 2020 #14

Taking precautions is the best thing you can do. ooky Mar 2020 #29

If the mortality rate turns out to be only 0.5% ... dawg Mar 2020 #15

It's significantly better. skip fox Mar 2020 #19

I'm really hoping that the actual numbers turn out a lot better than the ones I just used. dawg Mar 2020 #26

"I'd heard estimates of a 10-15% rate for people like me." TwilightZone Mar 2020 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author JenniferJuniper Mar 2020 #16

Still cautious, but I feel (not know) that this will be like most pandemics, Y2K, etc., not as Hoyt Mar 2020 #17

Y2K is a poor comparison unc70 Mar 2020 #35

How is China quarantining 760 million people like most pandemics? tia uponit7771 Mar 2020 #46

How many are quarantined now? China cases are dropping, and 3,500 have died. Hoyt Mar 2020 #48

Of course China's cases are dropping they're still haven't lifted the full quarantine !! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #49

Still not going to panic and hide, at this point. Odds are good that if those at greatest risk Hoyt Mar 2020 #50

There are enough known's to know this is different, we don't need to burn ourselves alive uponit7771 Mar 2020 #52

He believes it may be... stillcool Mar 2020 #18

You'll be attacked for NOT inciting panic. HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #20

760 million people quarantined in China is bad and that's different. uponit7771 Mar 2020 #45

Link...source? AncientGeezer Mar 2020 #51

Link inside, ... this is bad based off the facts uponit7771 Mar 2020 #74

Yes it is HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #68

+1, because that's what happened with Ebola uponit7771 Mar 2020 #75

I think that you, skip fox and I are right to be aware of the potential that this COVID-19 abqtommy Mar 2020 #21

No, you're not right IMHO. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #22

Cdc/wa doh webinar thur said 1/2 are asymptomatic yet contagious, as of then uppityperson Mar 2020 #23

I don't know yet. We have such different figures bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #25

It depends where you live. FM123 Mar 2020 #27

We have a new case in RI - our third - and they're telling us Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #39

We can not compare what may happen here with what happened in other countries Books_Tea_Alone Mar 2020 #30

And that's why we are screw mshasta Mar 2020 #32

Mortality rate guesses can be further affected by the 2nd CV strain the bad 'L' CV 19. empedocles Mar 2020 #31

That risks putting yourself customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #33

I feel better about preventing the disease and WhiteTara Mar 2020 #34

The face is marvellous place to the eye. skip fox Mar 2020 #38

Your hypothesis is probably WhiteTara Mar 2020 #42

Both are fun to think about. skip fox Mar 2020 #43

We touch our faces because they itch, mostly. Like we have itches all over our bodies pnwmom Mar 2020 #67

Which does not exclude other reasons. skip fox Mar 2020 #69

I've got allergies, so it makes my nose itch and my eyes itch. I don't know why most people's faces pnwmom Mar 2020 #72

Yes nt Raine Mar 2020 #36

Whatever the mortality rate, containment is VITAL... pat_k Mar 2020 #37

760 million people quarantined in China is bad uponit7771 Mar 2020 #44

You are letting them pull the wool over your eyes. It's not just about mortality rates pnwmom Mar 2020 #53

In sum, the 3.4% mortality rate is based on serious cases getting hospital care Jarqui Mar 2020 #56

Damn. skip fox Mar 2020 #63

I'm guessing you're not living in the Seattle area . . . n/t pnwmom Mar 2020 #64

Southern Louisiana. skip fox Mar 2020 #70

I'm in the Seattle area, so nothing I'm hearing lately makes me feel better. n/t pnwmom Mar 2020 #71

I am too knowing that our President has a natural doc03 Mar 2020 #54

I so wish Trump had become a doctor. pnwmom Mar 2020 #73

Italy's death rate is 4%. Is that better? South Korea is an outlier. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #55

After watching tonight's news broadcast, I'd say "No". Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #58

And yet skip fox Mar 2020 #61

And when you add in the over 70's with cancer or other serious illnesses who couldn't get pnwmom Mar 2020 #66

No. LisaL Mar 2020 #65

I don't... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #76

No. Personally, I am avoiding eating out, large crowds, and I'm staying home as much as possible. OrlandoDem2 Mar 2020 #77

Unfortunately no. I have watched crazy scenarios explode dewsgirl Mar 2020 #78

I am very worried but on medication for ptsd that calms me down. I don't applegrove Mar 2020 #81