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For those who haven’t read the other COVID-19 threads....
There are lots of articles. Here are a few
- When you hear exponential growth, they‘re referring to number of COVID-19 cases.
- When you hear flatten the curve, they’re talking about reducing the number of people getting infected via social distancing. It's too late now to prevent COVID-19 from spreading in our communities, the only thing we can do is limit and slow that spread so we can save lives.
- Why the hype? COVID-19 is less deadly than other large-scale outbreaks, such as of SARS, MERS and Ebola. But the infection seems to spread more easily than other diseases, including seasonal influenza and has a greater potential to overwhelm our health care system. We basically have fewer tools and no natural immunity.
“There is a fundamental difference in how flu and Covid-19 kill. Many deaths from flu are caused by secondary bacterial pneumonia and heart attacks that develop after the flu has weakened someone's resistance. With Covid-19, most deaths are caused by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which causes already-damaged lungs to fill with fluid, and makes breathing difficult. Unlike pneumonia, there is no pharmaceutical treatment for ARDS. That is why a potential shortage of ventilators is so dangerous: They are the last-ditch supportive treatment for Covid-19 while the body heals itself.”
There are lots of articles. Here are a few
- Former CDC director: Covid-19 is different from flu and we must respond differently - https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-covid-19-flu-comparison-frieden-analysis/index.html
- Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve” - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/
- They Were Infected With the Coronavirus. They Never Showed Signs - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic.html
- What does the coronavirus do to your body? Everything to know about the infection process - https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/03/13/what-coronavirus-does-body-covid-19-infection-process-symptoms/5009057002/
- China May Be Beating the Coronavirus, at a Painful Cost - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/07/world/asia/china-coronavirus-cost.html
- Chronology: Germany and the Coronavirus - https://berlinspectator.com/2020/02/04/chronology-germany-and-the-coronavirus/
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