Covid-19

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Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z

That is the literal goal of the measures being put in place.

If this all goes as well as it can the actions taken by DeWine and others will have looked like an overreaction. That will mean they did their jobs. Much better that than the alternative.

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Goddamn right.

On another note, I've seen projections of 2,000,000 dead in Brazil. Apparently they're doing nothing so far.

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Originally Posted by smileyy

Goddamn right.

On another note, I've seen projections of 2,000,000 dead in Brazil. Apparently they're doing nothing so far.

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They have 11 deaths since the first reported case almost a month ago and 970 total cases now. The US has 237 deaths in that same time span. Both country’s basically had the first case reported at the same time. I have no idea what Brazil is or isn’t doing, but are you saying they will end up with 2,000,000 dead because they are not locking down?

Yes, if they don't lock down. Let me see if I can find a source.

When Coronavirus reaches Syrian refugees it's going to be bad.

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Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z

That is the literal goal of the measures being put in place.

If this all goes as well as it can the actions taken by DeWine and others will have looked like an overreaction. That will mean they did their jobs. Much better that than the alternative.

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When Ohio's economy is in the shitter and everyone is unemployed, I guarantee everyone's approval of Dewine will be vastly different.

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Originally Posted by xavierj

They have 11 deaths since the first reported case almost a month ago and 970 total cases now. The US has 237 deaths in that same time span. Both country’s basically had the first case reported at the same time. I have no idea what Brazil is or isn’t doing, but are you saying they will end up with 2,000,000 dead because they are not locking down?

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Actually, they have been moving their government from a democratic socialism version government to more democracy electing a “far right” President (moderate to right in American terms). Easy target.

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Originally Posted by JTG

Yes I am staying home for the most part. Do I go to the grocery? yes, the drug store, yes, the gas station yes. I'm pretty familiar with germs and their transmission, I volunteer at a childrens hospital twice a week. I have used sanitizer probably 50 times a day at the hospital. Will the virus affect a small % of the population ? Yes. Maybe 1%.The damage will be a ruined economy and that will affect all 330,000,000 Americans. Like someone else pointed out, after a few months of this lunacy, people will say screw it, and go back to what ever is left to go back to. All because the whiney, everyone gets a trophy, I'm afraid of my shadow segment of the population got their hands on the wheel and drove our economy off a cliff. Currently .001% of the pop is affected, not dead, affected.

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Thank you for an honest response.. I hope you are right and not all the infectious disease/public health doctors.

Perhaps the data will shed some light on the continued growth and explosion of the virus and its death rate across the world:

https://www.worldometers.info/corona...us-death-toll/

I just pray I don’t bring this home to my family and in particular my 9 year-old daughter. She has asthma and has been hospitalized twice in the last couple years when exposed to viral illnesses. This is a disease that could cause her I significant problems or complications. I could also cause me a lot of problems Due to my underlying asthma as well. I feel that I have a moral and ethical obligation to get my cancer patients and taken care of.. Also if I shut things down at my office not only will my patients suffer, but all my staff would have a hard time surviving and taking care of their own families. Otherwise, there is no way in hell I would be leaving my home and taking any chances with something like this. I will be quarantining myself in my own home by entering and staying on the lower walk out basement level. My wife and kids are staying away from me upstairs. That sucks because I would like to see my wife and kids when this is going on. I know many doctors that are Sectioning off parts of their home or renting a Air BNB near their offices or hospitals while they take care of these patients. Even if this virus does not kill you, there is growing evidence that it causes permanent lifelong damage to peoples lungs who become infected. That seems to be as high as 15 to 20% of infections and includes young people as well. The damage a virus can cause is not only in the mortality rate. Also, keep in mind that people in Italy are dying at a much higher right now from heart attacks and strokes and other issues because their hospital systems are overwhelmed with the virus. So the death toll from the virus is significantly much higher than the number is reflected in the data because other people are dying due to inability to access appropriate care.

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Originally Posted by kmcrawfo

Perhaps the data will shed some light on the continued growth and explosion of the virus and its death rate across the world:

https://www.worldometers.info/corona...us-death-toll/

I just pray I don’t bring this home to my family and in particular my 9 year-old daughter. She has asthma and has been hospitalized twice in the last couple years when exposed to viral illnesses. This is a disease that could cause her I significant problems or complications. I could also cause me a lot of problems Due to my underlying asthma as well. I feel that I have a moral and ethical obligation to get my cancer patients and taken care of.. Also if I shut things down at my office not only will my patients suffer, but all my staff would have a hard time surviving and taking care of their own families. Otherwise, there is no way in hell I would be leaving my home and taking any chances with something like this. I will be quarantining myself in my own home by entering and staying on the lower walk out basement level. My wife and kids are staying away from me upstairs. That sucks because I would like to see my wife and kids when this is going on. I know many doctors that are Sectioning off parts of their home or renting a Air BNB near their offices or hospitals while they take care of these patients. Even if this virus does not kill you, there is growing evidence that it causes permanent lifelong damage to peoples lungs who become infected. That seems to be as high as 15 to 20% of infections and includes young people as well. The damage a virus can cause is not only in the mortality rate. Also, keep in mind that people in Italy are dying at a much higher right now from heart attacks and strokes and other issues because their hospital systems are overwhelmed with the virus. So the death toll from the virus is significantly much higher than the number is reflected in the data because other people are dying due to inability to access appropriate care.

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Prayers for you, Doctor.

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Originally Posted by kmcrawfo

Perhaps the data will shed some light on the continued growth and explosion of the virus and its death rate across the world:

https://www.worldometers.info/corona...us-death-toll/

I just pray I don’t bring this home to my family and in particular my 9 year-old daughter. She has asthma and has been hospitalized twice in the last couple years when exposed to viral illnesses. This is a disease that could cause her I significant problems or complications. I could also cause me a lot of problems Due to my underlying asthma as well. I feel that I have a moral and ethical obligation to get my cancer patients and taken care of.. Also if I shut things down at my office not only will my patients suffer, but all my staff would have a hard time surviving and taking care of their own families. Otherwise, there is no way in hell I would be leaving my home and taking any chances with something like this. I will be quarantining myself in my own home by entering and staying on the lower walk out basement level. My wife and kids are staying away from me upstairs. That sucks because I would like to see my wife and kids when this is going on. I know many doctors that are Sectioning off parts of their home or renting a Air BNB near their offices or hospitals while they take care of these patients. Even if this virus does not kill you, there is growing evidence that it causes permanent lifelong damage to peoples lungs who become infected. That seems to be as high as 15 to 20% of infections and includes young people as well. The damage a virus can cause is not only in the mortality rate. Also, keep in mind that people in Italy are dying at a much higher right now from heart attacks and strokes and other issues because their hospital systems are overwhelmed with the virus. So the death toll from the virus is significantly much higher than the number is reflected in the data because other people are dying due to inability to access appropriate care.

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I'll be praying for you, and it's physicians like you who make me happy I chose this route, absolute brutal hell for the most part, but you see self-less, altruistic humans like you, the work you're doing sacrificing so much, and it's truly inspiring. Stay safe out there.

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Originally Posted by Juice

When Ohio's economy is in the shitter and everyone is unemployed, I guarantee everyone's approval of Dewine will be vastly different.

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Thank god approval rating doesn’t seem to be his goal during this pandemic!