Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[hysop]

Why? Why would you want to spread misinformation?

It’s an article BY Dr. Fauci. I simply shared it because someone mentioned something by that doctor.

 

[hysop]

I was simply trying to compare both things that doctor said. In one area he’s saying this and in another area he’s saying that. So I just don’t believe anything that doctor says. That’s all I was saying.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I would agree because if you lived in the USA during the war, you were not in Europe.

Yeah they were here in the US I think.

 

[Pasha838]

Went to WalMart yesterday. I was able to get everything on my list including sugar and both fresh and frozen vegetables. There still was no toilet paper and they were all out of flour. The flour I could see, but toilet paper? Why do people hoard toilet paper of all things?

And in Russia, buckwheat has become a deficit. This is such a cereal like rice, but with us it is much more used in Russian cuisine. My father once went to the store (this was before quarantine), but this cereal is not there, only green without heat treatment is sold (usually buckwheat is roasted in the factories like coffee, and if it is green, raw it is tasteless). On each pack with green buckwheat there was an instruction on how to grow it in the garden O_O
I really grow some wheat, barley and oats, but I'm not a farmer, and I only grow this to treat my geese, ducks or chickens. Honestly, I have never grown buckwheat in my life. Well, okay, this spring I’ll try to sow buckwheat, many are already joking that it will be possible to make a fortune like a criminal drug lord on legal buckwheat.

Instead of the usual buckwheat, people are now forced to cook barley, rice, peas, corn, potatoes. But buckwheat has become a deficit. In other matters, perhaps this is because people began to buy it en masse, much more than they can eat in a few years. In Russia, here is such a tradition - as any crisis begins, everyone immediately buys buckwheat hard. Since the economy is far from always stable, buckwheat is bought from year to year. I’m tired of it and I’m probably really sowing buckwheat in the garden.

 

[JaeG]

Okay I found it. Now I’m by no means educated in reading these fancy articles, so here’s part of it along with the link, for those smarty pants out there, what does that mean?

“If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.”

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

Germany is one country that has done extensive testing. Their mortality rate sits at 0.4%. That's low but it is still 4 times that of the seasonal flu.

It's the health system not being able to cope with the number of people infected and in need of critical care with Covid-19 that's the biggest issue. Once the health system is overwhelmed the death toll skyrockets.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

It’s an article BY Dr. Fauci.

I would be really surprised to see him contradict himself on this issue. I would not be surprised to see his words twisted though. I am eager to read your information.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I was simply trying to compare both things that doctor said. In one area he’s saying this and in another area he’s saying that. So I just don’t believe anything that doctor says. That’s all I was saying.

I don’t think he’s jumping around or changing his opinion or anything. He’s just saying that a lot more people probably have it and don’t know so the numbers might be a bit skewed. He’s not saying it’s not serious but just stating facts and additional research. I mean, it’s kind of common sense that if tons more people have it and don’t know or don’t get tested, of course the death rate would be a lot lower than is represented. Basically the only people getting tested at this point are the serious cases in the hospitals and famous people.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I would be really surprised to see him contradict himself on this issue. I would not be surprised to see his words twisted though. I am eager to read your information.

She posted it on the previous page.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I would be really surprised to see him contradict himself on this issue. I would not be surprised to see his words twisted though. I am eager to read your information.

Here it is

Okay I found it. Now I’m by no means educated in reading these fancy articles, so here’s part of it along with the link, for those smarty pants out there, what does that mean?

“If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.”

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

 

[hysop]

Okay thank you for that explanation. As I said before I am no expert in reading their wording so I am not quick to believe everything any ol’ doctor says on tv. But that doesn’t mean I believe this virus is fake or whatever by any means.