With continued poor government action we may be looking at an Italy situation shortly. Since Korea may be a model and has tested close to 200000 people with 50 deaths, Italy with 300 deaths may have up to 50,000 cases. With flights to Italy still not restricted, we will have additional tourists infecting unaffected regions (mine just got it and kids at sons school now exposed). WE need to try to delay until June/July when warmer months may hinder the spread as Singapore and Malaysia (hot places) are faring better. We dont want this. However, as a health professional and realist with study of this things epidemiology, we may have a rough go without better management.
Our leader is foolishly managing this situation. Where are those millions of "beautiful" tests. And god forbid a cruise ship with American citizens docks and doubles his numbers???
Pretty much. It's already out of containment. It's a new virus, so we have no historical immunity to it like we do the flu. The question isn't "if", it's "when". I won't/can't comment on the response from the administration :p
The name of the game is to try to slow the spread as much as we can so we don't overwhelm the healthcare system.
https://medium.com/@amwren/forget-about-the-death-rate-this-is-why-you-should-be-worried-about-the-coronavirus-890fbf9c4de6
https://medium.com/@davetroy/why-we-should-care-commonly-asked-questions-and-answers-about-covid-19-6b166f1876e9
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1236095180459003909.html
