COVID-19 General Colorado Thread (Denver, Aspen: transfer, living in, centers)

[StealthRabbit]

Originally Posted by katharsis

Actually, the highest fatality rate I've seen quoted is 3.4%, and some experts are now saying it might be less than 1%. (The reason it seems higher in the U.S. is the lack of reported cases.) Until we get more testing done and have more history, almost everything is going to be just a guess.

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We (USA) could have just procured test kits from S Korea (Even Switzerland and Austria have tested 200x more cases than USA (per mil people) ) USA is off to a VERY SLOW start for testing... (sounds familiar)

https://www.worldometers.info/corona...id-19-testing/

[COcheesehead]

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[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by LHS79

Definitely overblown media hype- who is at the most risk of actually dying from this flu?

The old, infirm and in poor health already (like any bad flu virus).

For the rest of us not much to worry about.

Originally Posted by YoYoSpin

There are three things that distinguish COVID-19 from all other types of flu...


1) People who have it are contagious to others BEFORE showing any physical signs of the illness.
2) There is NO vaccine or "cure" currently available for COVID-19. Based on past experience, there may be a vaccine available in a year or two.
3) As of 4 March, less than 1,000 tests have been performed within the entire country. Results of this slow start in the USA is that people who should voluntarily stay at home, are unknowingly, but actively passing the virus on to others.

Here's another fun fact…the lowest published mortality rate from COVID-19 is 2%. That percentage of the US population equals 6.5 million people. If even one percent of this number hit hospital emergency rooms at the same time, our entire health system would collapse.

It's not the flu, guys! Calling everything under the sun "flu" is misleading. And many of us, LHS79, are in one of those categories you mentioned.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Getting a bit extra is good in case a co-worker, a shopper at your store should get it (imagine a cashier! Ha what a mess...
and they close the darn store --as they have in Australia and Hungary the shelves are bare) and
you are asked or told to self quarantine. Oh great. Now you could be a carrier.
No panic, just practical.

Personally, filling a garage with TP is ridiculous ---but getting some extra so ya don't have to go
to the store in 4 weeks when things 'could' be worse is practical and wise.
My take, no harm.

I went to a Discount a store that carries Costco TP at a great price- they were out already! Funny.
And too funny - as you walk into a Walmart right at the entry they have most every disinfectant
you would want!
(And I saw and followed 2 car thieves yesterday from the parking lot. Very exciting day -
I found out it's hard to call police when
you can't see the face of your phone in the daytime, LOL!!!! Oh I make myself laugh.)

Btw - hand sanitizer formula-
1/3 -Aloe vera GEL
2/3 -90% alcohol
Essential oil option.

Here's the WHO formula: https://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/Guide_...Production.pdf
This is to make 10 Liters (about 2 1/2 gallons) You can make smaller quantities

Here's PopSci's formula:
https://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/Guide_...Production.pdf

I would avoid DIY unless you really can't find any of the commercial stuff. This is not a case where homemade is better. Popsci does say to sanitize your containers before you fill them. Good point!

[abbottkd71]

Ninth case confirmed in Larimer County, home of Fort Collins and Colorado State University; however, specific location information has not been released. The case involves a 50-year-old female who is positive for COVID-19 and was diagnosed with pneumonia.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by jim9251

Ok and? The media is driving this hysteria.

Of course they are. Do you read in the paper about every person who comes down with the flu every day? Our paper today had the front page filled with the virus news. Even our NW section ran a story about wha Fayetteville is doing or planning to do to prepare for an outbreak here.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by nmnita

Of course they are. Do you read in the paper about every person who comes down with the flu every day? Our paper today had the front page filled with the virus news. Even our NW section ran a story about wha Fayetteville is doing or planning to do to prepare for an outbreak here.

The media was hyping flu before the coronavirus went, well, viral. This summer they were hyping measles. It's their job.

[Mike from back east]

With news organizations, "if it bleeds it leads" is how they prioritize reporting.

Still, this is a serious illness; I plan to stay calm, stay home, and stay informed. No hoarding.

[TachyonField]

My daughter attends CU Boulder. She said there is a lot of talk of going to online classes in the very near future.

[Gunluvver2]

The biggest SHOCK to come out from this Corona Virus stuff IMHO is the realization of just how much of our CRITICAL industries are controlled by CHINA. I believe it was reported on CNN that over 90% of the pharmaceutical ingredients we need in the USA come from China. Really scary is the fact that a huge part of our military equipment is coming from foreign sources. Darwin may have been right in his theory of the SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. How is it that the country that put Men on the moon in the 1960s can be so F^^^^^^g stupid now?