Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

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marcusluvsvols said:
My family did too...crazy that exact strain of influenza killed what 50 million people? Medicine has come a long way, as far as antibiotics to treat secondary infections and antivirals like Tamiflu.... as well as our immune systems have luckily been exposed to more.

From what I have read and discussed with my aunt who is a UT grad masters Virologist/microbiologist.... the deadliest flu seasons come like the spanish flu did when no strain that is even similar has been around for decades. This leads to the entire population having immune systems that have never encountered anything similar, so they dont respond like they should or could. People like you who have had H1N1 before are much less likely to get it this year, and if you did manage to, your body is well prepared to beat it. This is why the flu is so deadly to children, their immune systems dont know how to recognize and fight the pathogen having not seen it before. The elderly are always at risk due to weakened health and immune systems...even though they likely have encountered the pathogen before.

Nobody except maybe a former SARS patient is likely to have any luck with their immune system being prepared for this new coronavirus. Especially with the speed at which it is said to be mutating. I really hope these reports are somehow wrong about how deadly this bug is.
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i got diagnosed late, so was never on any medication. doctor said by the time i got the meds and they had built enough kick to help it would be passed. I literally sweated it out for 2 days with OTC stuff. rough times. probably should have gotten admitted somewhere. i was at 105 that whole time.
 
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LouderVol said:
i got diagnosed late, so was never on any medication. doctor said by the time i got the meds and they had built enough kick to help it would be passed. I literally sweated it out for 2 days with OTC stuff. rough times. probably should have gotten admitted somewhere. i was at 105 that whole time.
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I had type B last week. Never ran a fever at all. Caught it early and went to clinic for meds.
 
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ETV said:
I had type B last week. Never ran a fever at all. Caught it early and went to clinic for meds.
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i actually got caught by the "don't panic" propaganda.

it was going around and I was hearing a lot of people coming away negative or just over reacting. so I waited thinking I didn't have it (how could I?). because of the freak out the UT clinic was overwhelmed so they were asking only people with a fever to come by. by the time I got a fever and felt bad enough to see what it was it had been a day or two. then a couple days waiting to get in. then a couple days for the test to come back. and then a couple days of roughing it.
 
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AshG said:
I'm seeing #CoronaOutbreak trending, but Twitter's redesign is shite and makes it damn near impossible to find anything not monetized.
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Twitter realizes they’re may lose a significant # of users so they are getting while the getting is still good
 
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We have 2 nurses with confirmed A. Both came to work with symptoms and were sent to ER and private doc then home. Kicker: both were immunized. The nurse that brought me the pos influenza A last night had no mask on or gloves, i nailed her when she walked in the door. The pt had no mask on for transport I nailed her on that too. It was Nursebadvol last night.
 
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NurseGoodVol said:
We have 2 nurses with confirmed A. Both came to work with symptoms and were sent to ER and private doc then home. Kicker: both were immunized. The nurse that brought me the pos influenza A last night had no mask on or gloves, i nailed her when she walked in the door. The pt had no mask on for transport I nailed her on that too. It was Nursebadvol last night.
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Good job. NurseBadAzzVol!
 
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Just got out first update from the Global Times. 24 new deaths with 371 new cases in Wuhan. New totals now 80 deaths with 2,455 cases.
 
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#489
I understand the outpouring of sadness and honoring Kobe, but can we not gather by the thousands in one place until we actually know much more about this damn virus.

It’s like, hey let’s all go jump into the same Petri dish in an area with known carriers.
 
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DynaLo said:
I understand the outpouring of sadness and honoring Kobe, but can we not gather by the thousands in one place until we actually know much more about this damn virus.

It’s like, hey let’s all go jump into the same Petri dish in an area with known carriers.
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I doubt many people know much about it. Impeachment is the only thing in the news and now Kobe will take up the news cycle impeachment doesn't fill.
 
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Is anyone actually worried about catching this virus? I mean there is a 1 in 300+ million chance of getting it.
 
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VolStrom said:
Is anyone actually worried about catching this virus? I mean there is a 1 in 300+ million chance of getting it.
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I doubt the numbers of infected are accurate. It's probably way higher. I'm not worried right now, but I'll be paying attention to how fast it spreads in the US. So far it sounds like the US cases recently came from the Wuhan area. The next two weeks will tell a lot as we see the numbers of people catching it from others.
 
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Matt2496 said:
1. Coronavirus spreading like wildfire

2. Kobe Bryant and his 13 year old daughter die in a helicopter crash

3. Rockets hit the US Embassy in Iraq.

Dear god what an awful day.
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It's gonna be an very very long 2020
 
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NurseGoodVol said:
We have 2 nurses with confirmed A. Both came to work with symptoms and were sent to ER and private doc then home. Kicker: both were immunized. The nurse that brought me the pos influenza A last night had no mask on or gloves, i nailed her when she walked in the door. The pt had no mask on for transport I nailed her on that too. It was Nursebadvol last night.
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I had Flu B last week, immunized in October. They put me on sepsis watch. I've got kids emailing me already today telling me they won't be at tomorrow's lecture. I may have to pass out masks for class.
 
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hog88 said:
I’ve had a fever ranging between 100 and 103.7 for the last two day. I ain’t skeerd
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VolStrom said:
Is anyone actually worried about catching this virus? I mean there is a 1 in 300+ million chance of getting it.
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R0 is currently estimated at between 1.4-2.5 with some data showing as high as a possible 3.8 and that’s just based on currently available sketchy information and modeling. As more concrete data over the next days and weeks becomes available those figures will adjust to a more accurate reflection of contagion values.

The asymptomatic contagious incubation period and rapid mutations the science community is discussing should be of concern to everyone, even at a cursory level right now.
 
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VolStrom said:
Is anyone actually worried about catching this virus? I mean there is a 1 in 300+ million chance of getting it.
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I'm not sure where you got this data but I don't buy it. I also don't buy like what's going around online that all you need to do is keep your hands washed and you won't catch it.
 
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