It already has. I'll repeat this again...218 deaths in the US in the 4-6 months since the start of this virus.
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Think about this:
In response to the virus we layoff our employees and close our businesses. We loose our health insurance because it's tied to our jobs. Then we get sick, but don't have health insurance to cover our treatment, OR have an income to pay for it either. Then what???
In my mind, I keep going back to the swine flu and I wonder why our response to this one is so different...
Food for thought:
"Coronavirus: The "Cures" Will Be Worse Than the Disease"
https://steemit.com/coronavirus/@cor...an-the-disease
"We are shutting down public life almost completely," Bavaria’s (Germany) state premier Markus Söder said in a live press conference this afternoon. He said that too many people were not heeding warnings to keep their distance from each other and stay at home, instead doing things like having “corona parties” and in some cases treating the virus as a joke.
Lmfao!
One month ago today, Feb 20th, they had only 4 reported cases in Italy. four, that's nothing right, not worth even a single thought? One day later it was 21, next day it was 79, the day after it was 157. Fast forward 3 weeks more, and they have over 40,000 reported cases. with close to 500 deaths EACH DAY in the last few days...
Please take your time to read through this report on how the current status is there:
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...pital-11960597
They waited about two weeks from they had 4 reported cases until they quarantined their population to slow down the spread, but then it was too late. They were NOT a hard hit area only a few weeks ago, but every day counts in the beginning.
For those who can't be bothered to read the article because it "won't affect them in any way", here are at least some key point:
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He, like every other doctor and nurse I spoke to, urged the UK to follow the example of China and Italy, and lock down everything straight away.
It is, they say, the only way to slow the virus down: not beat it, slow it.
In labs, staff are continuously testing for the virus and attempting to find something that can beat it. They say it's a long way off.
The problem facing health services across the world is that when the infection curve goes up it rockets, and all resources, all testing, all supplies are used up instantly. Multiple hospitals all making the same demands at the same time.
It's crippling - here they call it the apocalypse.
Bergamo wanted us to see this, as I have said, and they want to send a simple message: "Get ready."
The advice they are giving is so you don’t become a ‘hard hit’ area, which is what you seem to be missing, it keeps businesses going... would you rather they did nothing, then it becomes a major issue, then businesses have to shut, people lose money... think of what it could be... that’s why they are doing what they are doing now, like I say, carry on as normal and see what happens if it does ‘go viral’, by that time it’s too late
In PA, the governor ordered all "non life-sustaining businesses" to close down. Yet beer distributors are allowed to remain open. ??? So you can't do your laundry at a laundry-mat or go to work, but you can buy beer! I have a feeling that the amount of tax revenue they collect from those beer sales might have something to do with it...
The worst part is that the number of alcohol-related deaths in a single year are probably going to be WAY higher that the *total* number of deaths from this virus (talking US here). Makes so much sense to keep those beer distributors open, eh?
Just think about that for a minute...
The deaths in Italy fall into these 99%:
49% had 3 major diseases/illnesses
25% had 2 major diseases/illnesses
25% had 1 major disease/illness
Italy has the 2nd oldest population in the world. One quarter of their society is elderly and most covid-19 deaths were elderly and practically on their deathbeds with varying diseases and illnesses. Most countries in the world have similar covid-19 death rates (low). Italy is a anomoly