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Star Member IronLionZion (28,030 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213029025QuotePerspective: I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad.https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/28/i-have-coronavirus-so-far-it-isnt-that-bad/My treatment has largely consisted of drinking gallons and gallons of Gatoradehttps://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MKW3P4SXWYI6VDX5B6IEXXMAK4By Carl Goldman https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/washpost/7ca194f3-2003-4069-8005-d31d70a64448I have the coronavirus. And it hasn’t been that bad.I am in my late 60s, and the sickest I’ve ever been was when I had bronchitis several years ago. That laid me out on my back for a few days. This has been much easier: no chills, no body aches. I breathe easily, and I don’t have a stuffy nose. My chest feels tight, and I have coughing spells. If I were at home with similar symptoms, I probably would have gone to work as usual.I caught the virus on the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship that was quarantined outside Yokohama for 14 days, at the end of a 16-day cruise I took with my wife, Jeri. When I left the ship a couple of weeks ago, I felt fine. We checked our temperatures throughout our quarantine. Jeri and I got a swab test for the virus. Our temperatures were normal; they’d get the swab results back in 48 hours. Our test results had not arrived before we boarded buses for the airport, where two U.S. government planes waited for us.As we took off from Tokyo, I had a bit of a cough, but I chalked it up to the dry air in the cabin. I felt pretty tired — but who wouldn’t, in our situation? I dozed off.It's a good read. If you don't have a WaPo subscription, he's most certainly going to live. Many of his friends have been released from quarantine and he's agreed to be a part of a clinical study to find treatments. Keep calm and carry on
Perspective: I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad.https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/28/i-have-coronavirus-so-far-it-isnt-that-bad/My treatment has largely consisted of drinking gallons and gallons of Gatoradehttps://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MKW3P4SXWYI6VDX5B6IEXXMAK4By Carl Goldman https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/washpost/7ca194f3-2003-4069-8005-d31d70a64448I have the coronavirus. And it hasn’t been that bad.I am in my late 60s, and the sickest I’ve ever been was when I had bronchitis several years ago. That laid me out on my back for a few days. This has been much easier: no chills, no body aches. I breathe easily, and I don’t have a stuffy nose. My chest feels tight, and I have coughing spells. If I were at home with similar symptoms, I probably would have gone to work as usual.I caught the virus on the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship that was quarantined outside Yokohama for 14 days, at the end of a 16-day cruise I took with my wife, Jeri. When I left the ship a couple of weeks ago, I felt fine. We checked our temperatures throughout our quarantine. Jeri and I got a swab test for the virus. Our temperatures were normal; they’d get the swab results back in 48 hours. Our test results had not arrived before we boarded buses for the airport, where two U.S. government planes waited for us.As we took off from Tokyo, I had a bit of a cough, but I chalked it up to the dry air in the cabin. I felt pretty tired — but who wouldn’t, in our situation? I dozed off.
Star Member bearsfootball516 (5,075 posts) 2. It's worth noting that for the vast majority of people who get it...It basically runs it’s course like a nasty cold does.
Star Member PoindexterOglethorpe (12,302 posts) 3. Right.Only a minority of people will get it. Of those, the vast majority will recover. Most, or all who die will be elderly or have some kind of underlying health issue. Which is certainly bad news for some people, and I sincerely hope no one here on DU gets it but the freaking out that WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! is getting tiresome.
Star Member USALiberal (4,429 posts) 6. Link to "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" post please. Nt
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213027109orleans (26,765 posts)best tweet of the morningJeff Tiedrich@itsJeffTiedrichyour pandemic crisis team:— a demented game show host— the VP who caused an HIV epidemic in his home state— a day-drunk economic advisor— the already-overburdened chief of staff because why not— an actual doctor, but he's not allowed to talk to the mediawe're all gonna die
misanthrope (5,187 posts) 8. I'm among those for whom this could very well be fatalI have emphysema and am immuno-compromised. If I am surrounded by people with COVID-19, my likelihood of contracting it increases dramatically.
Star Member lunatica (46,850 posts) 10. Jesus!Have you been listening to the news? Everyone has the right to be cynical about it, but accusing others here of “freaking out” is just thoughtless and downright mean. Is it no big deal if some elderly relatives of DUers die? It sounds like you think so.
Star Member uponit7771 (62,039 posts) 5. 760 million people quarantined is bad
Star Member dewsgirl (11,524 posts) 29. Here you go:from NPR 760 million locked down in Chinahttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/806868972/coronavirus-lockdown-democratic-caucuses-and-primaries-ahead-weinstein-trial&ved=2ahUKEwjbhuqU8PPnAhUN1qwKHeniAi0QFjAAegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1N5UuFNhZK5_SaoSFfA2wF
Star Member PoindexterOglethorpe (12,302 posts) 35. Locked down isn't really the same as quarantined.And I expect the 760 million is an exaggeration.
Star Member BigmanPigman (32,548 posts) 15. Who paid for all of this?Didn't a guy in FL get a $$$$$ bill just for being tested?For those of us with a compromised immune system and pre-existing conditions and health insur that can be killed by the GOP (the ACA is going through the courts AGAIN) it is a scary time. I have stress normally due to my ACA health insur possibly being yanked from under me. This ain't no party for me.
Only a very small minority of people will get it, and of that minority, the virus only has a 2% fatality rate.
Many/most DUpipo seem to have bought the Trump is unorganized lie. Here's a timeline that shows how far from reality that narrative is:Here's a timeline, with links to sources, showing how Trump's Administration responded, and some results:China informed WHO of the outbreak in Wuhan of unknown cause: December 31, 2019, https://www.who.int/csr/don/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china/en/Covid-19 identified to WHO: January 11 and 12, 2020, https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/The US started screening arriving passengers from China: January 17, 2020, JFK, SFO LAX https://www.businessinsider.com/new-disease-virus-china-us-airports-screening-cdc-2020-1 ; O'Hare and Hartsfield-Jackson January 22, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/21/us-screenings-coronavirus-expanded-airports-atlanta-chicago/Pharmaceuticals company working with US government to develop vaccine: January 22, 2020, Moderna, https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/moderna-is-working-on-a-vaccine-for-chinas-deadly-coronavirus.htmlState Department raised the travel advisory for China to Level 4, do not travel: January 31, 2020, https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-flight-ban-delta-cuts-all-flights-white-house/4620989002/Trump declared a public health emergency: January 31, 2020, https://abcnews.go.com/Health/delta-suspends-us-flights-china-amid-coronavirus/story?id=68666037People entering the US from China forbidden: February 2, 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/coronavirus-us-travel-restrictions/index.html This effectively ended flights from and to China, for obvious reasons. The current date for flights to resume is March 30, 2020.Experimental vaccine submitted for testing: February 26, 2020, Moderna, https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/business/moderna-coronavirus-vaccine/index.htmlNote that DU-folk will have a hard time denigrating the sources as Reich-Wing.
