Covid-19 is easily survivable but.....

SoreShoulder

Mainly if you're young or have a hospital bed with a ventilator.  

Hospitals are approaching capacity in a few areas.  When they do, the survivability rate will drop off.  They're having to start making judgement calls in Italy about who to treat and who not to treat.  

LOKO383

I'm honestly worried,while my area is really country/rural..I had a double organ transplant 22 yrs ago,and my immune system is suppressed by anti-rejection drugs..making me very likely to have a hard time surviving if contracted ..prayers for all affected..

jimdeere

If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
https://youtu.be/7NJqUN9TClM

He Dog

If you think that. you are not paying attention.  The mortality rate in Italy is 8%, with men fully 70% of those who have died.  The young are dying in numbers as well.  8% is 4 times the mortality of the 1918 swine flu which killed 100 million world wide in 1918-19.  

jimdeere

I’m paying attention to the things I have control over.

select-fire

I think there is a lot more to the picture. Bad thoughts of NYC folks being cremated in mass graves. Never thought or gave much thought of something like this happening. Screw the economy they need to get this under control. It still hasn't even began here and the forecast looks like doom.

Sig220_Ruger77

select-fire said:

I think there is a lot more to the picture. Bad thoughts of NYC folks being cremated in mass graves. Never thought or gave much thought of something like this happening. Screw the economy they need to get this under control. It still hasn't even began here and the forecast looks like doom.

I'm not sure that I'd go as far as saying the forecast looks like doom, but I'm definitely on the "worried" train. I mean this thing is not something to be taken lightly and unfortunately, I see way too many people doing that.

One encouraging sign I noticed Friday afternoon.....I drove to grab some takeout from a small local restaurant (we're trying to balance taking precautions with supporting our local businesses) and to put some gas in my wife's car......it looked like a ghost town around town. I'm glad to see that at least some people locally, are taking this seriously. I personally think we're heading for a quarantine, but I'm almost certain my wife will still have to go to work ( although they won't officially tell her yes or no, I'm thinking she is an essential worker) and I'm not 100% sure with my line of profession. I'm guessing I wouldn't be heading to work (liquor supplier), as I'm non-essential, but I am in Wisconsin, so you never know. Haha.

Jon

SW0320

Sig220_Ruger77 said:

select-fire said:

I think there is a lot more to the picture. Bad thoughts of NYC folks being cremated in mass graves. Never thought or gave much thought of something like this happening. Screw the economy they need to get this under control. It still hasn't even began here and the forecast looks like doom.

I'm not sure that I'd go as far as saying the forecast looks like doom, but I'm definitely on the "worried" train. I mean this thing is not something to be taken lightly and unfortunately, I see way too many people doing that.

One encouraging sign I noticed Friday afternoon.....I drove to grab some takeout from a small local restaurant (we're trying to balance taking precautions with supporting our local businesses) and to put some gas in my wife's car......it looked like a ghost town around town. I'm glad to see that at least some people locally, are taking this seriously. I personally think we're heading for a quarantine, but I'm almost certain my wife will still have to go to work ( although they won't officially tell her yes or no, I'm thinking she is an essential worker) and I'm not 100% sure with my line of profession. I'm guessing I wouldn't be heading to work (liquor supplier), as I'm non-essential, but I am in Wisconsin, so you never know. Haha.

Jon

You are essential in my book.  If my wife runs our of wine and is quarantined I will be looking for a new place to quarantine.

dreher

He Dog those were the figures that were being reported but the %s being reported are much lower now.  The figures in Italy are still way to high.  Italy is taking a major hit.  I'm very curious as to why Italy is getting hit so much harder than other countries.

spasmcreeksrun

small country with loads of tourists ???

Don McManus

Obviously I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the figures, but the data in the site linked below is updated daily by country and globally.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

The mortality rate in Italy of resolved cases (cured or dead) is currently running at 44%.

This is down from a few days ago, as the most vulnerable are succumbing first.

Italy's death rate as compared to total cases, active and resolved, is currently running at 8.5%, but is also on a downward trend.

The USA stats are interesting and trending in a very positive direction.

Our mortality rate of resolved cases at 65% is huge, but the important stat is that of current active cases, the number of critical vs. mild is almost at zero; 64 out of 19,290.  

Some good news, IMO, and I think we can look forward to this trend continuing.

sharpshooter039

More men die just because we are generally in worse health,, I have chronic High blood pressure, diabetes and a weak heart ,, if i catch it just go ahead and shoot me

He Dog

One way in which we are similar to Italy is in our very slow response to the virus.  Additionally the CDC went for developing their own test, instead of using the WHO test as did South Korea and many others.  The pundits (for what their guesses might be worth) were saying we appeared to be on track to duplicate Italy, and reserves of medical equipment are very low.  It appears 100 years between pandemic events is too long for us to retain a cultural memory and stay prepared.  As long as the Chinese keep eating bats, we will probably get another memory jolt before another 100 years goes by.  In any event, if you are an old fart like many of us you should be worried if not scared.  If you are younger, you should still be damn careful.  Best wishes to all!  

hobo9650

Reading last night that Italy has an older population and they also have a custom of "cheek kissing" that might be reason for the high death rate.

notnow

In Italy, the mortality by gender is mostly men. The most common contributing factor is smoking.