Total number of positive tested cases in Oregon: 2,177
Total number of deaths from Coronavirus in Oregon: 86
Total number of unemployment applications in Oregon: 329,093
The week ending 3/14/20 reported 4,000 claims filed which is the normal number for this time of year.
What interests me is the fear that many of those under 40 have and the take-it-in-stride attitude of many over 60. I think it may be due to the fact that under 40's are more tuned into the news/social media and so are bombarded with fears and cures from "experts" and the media.
Unfortunately, the experts haven't done so well on curbing the 24,000 - 62,000 US deaths from regular flu even with annual free vaccination programs.
Not too many of the experts seem to have done real research on the 1918 flu or figured out that in all probability many if not most of us will be exposed to the Coronavirus sooner or later (as happened with the 1918 flu). What will truly be helpful is not social distancing or closing down businesses and jobs. The main benefit of that will be to spread out the number of cases so that hospitals won't be overrun in a given time period. What will truly help is better antibiotics and vaccines with "immunization strategies that mimic the often impressive protection that early childhood exposure provides".
In Oregon 2,177 cases have obviously not overwhelmed medical facilities and hospitals. But cancelling "non-essential" surgeries and treatments have negatively impacted tens of thousands of people who might have had relief had they been able to get treatment in the normal time period.
There are lots of victims. Victims of the Coronavirus as well as victims of public fear and public policy.
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Well put, TD - there's a surplus of fear-mongering at present and a paucity of common sense.
Of course, in 1918-1919, there were no antivirals nor antibiotics, so a common treatment at the time was to move the patients onto cots placed in the great outdoors on sunny days. Sunlight is in many instances a great disinfectant due to its UV components.
And believe it or not, UV-A is being used today:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/media-mocks-trump-suggesting-light-treatment-coronavirus-patients-bio-tech-company-working-fda-cedars-sinai-uv-light-treatment-kill-virus-patients/?
Earlier this week, the bio-tech firm Aytu BioScience announced they are partnering with the FDA and Cedars-Sinai on a UV light treatment to kill the coronavirus in intubated patients.
Led by Mark Pimentel, MD, the research team of the Medically Associated Science and Technology (MAST) Program at Cedars-Sinai has been developing the patent-pending Healight platform since 2016 and has produced a growing body of scientific evidence demonstrating pre-clinical safety and effectiveness of the technology as an antiviral and antibacterial treatment. The Healight technology employs proprietary methods of administering intermittent ultraviolet (UV) A light via a novel endotracheal medical device. Pre-clinical findings indicate the technology’s significant impact on eradicating a wide range of viruses and bacteria, inclusive of coronavirus.
Locally, hospitals are in serious shape, as their patient census is down. Hard.
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Max, interesting that a very good treatment has always been provided by the Lord, and is free to everyone.
Our family had two people die in the 1918 flu epidemic. A 46 year old farmer and his 19 year old son. They lived in a very rural area and they (and most of his other five siblings) sent the younger ones of his other 9 children to the grandparents in Dallas, Oregon, to keep them safe. From a very isolated situation to a small town situation. No one else in the family got sick that I know of--not all those children and not the elderly grandparents. I got this information from a 90 year old cousin who was 9 years old at the time, lived through the events and died in 2003.
That's an interesting thing about these sorts of epidemics. Only one or two in a family get sick even though everyone in the family is fully exposed to the disease. Go figure how isolation is today's BIG ANSWER.
OG, funny I hadn't thought of that aspect even though one of my nieces is on much reduced time (and salary) who is a PA. So, I know that people in the medical field are suffering financially even though the whole medical field is on full alert because of this. Yes, the non-flu medical people are victims too.
Mayo Clinic laid off or cut compensation to 30,000 employees on Friday.
It’s not coronavirus shutting down these hospitals, because none of their locations, especially in Minnesota, are in particularly high coronavirus outbreak areas. It’s the arbitrary orders from governors to shut down numerous procedures and checkups for chronically ill patients, as well as the panic they have sown in the public.
Wow! Who would have thought medical workers would be laid off in a medical crisis. But, that's what political and "expert" policy makers do. Make counterproductive decisions.
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