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Yes, that happens quite a bit with these kinds of articles. However, I was not aware that "ScienceNews" is a right wing dirt rag, and I was not aware that people with people with PhD's in molecular biology (the author of the Diamond Princess article, which predicted a 0.5 fatality rate) was any kind of RWNJ.
Urgent care places do not treat people without insurance. You have to go to the emergency room where they cannot refuse. And in all fairness he had a heart attack on the way to the emergency room. And even if they said yes what would the urgent care place had done with a heart attack victim? They are not set up for that. He waited too long to seek help. Sorry he passed away, tragic.
He was 17 for goodness sake. Why didn't urgent care give him specific instructions.
Come on -- what is happening to you people -- are you so blinded in defending a policy or a politician you have lost your humanity.
A kid -- 17 year old -- shows up at an urgent care and they don't say -- you know what we can't take you but you need to go here now -- or make the call to the Covid-19 screening people or something.
WTF --- how can we just accept this kind of thing.
Meh - just the sick and old dying -- let's make some money and see what happens to them.
17 year old -- doesn't they know urgent care doesn't help sick people without insurance...duh ----
And of the ones that actually died from the coronavirus on the cruise ship, what were their ages, if you know?
Here is some helpful information on just the Diamond Princes ship that I found on the internet:
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Out of the 697 who tested positive a month ago, seven people have died on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, 15 remain in critical condition, and 30 were once in critical condition but have improved, according to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. A further 388 have recovered.
The seven deaths, out of the 697 who tested positive, make for a death rate of 1% on the ship. More deaths are also possible.
Adjusting for age is important, because the average person on the ship was elderly, according to Japan's Institute of Infectious Diseases. The ship's average age was 58, and 33 percent were 70 or older.
All seven deaths so far were of passengers aged 70 or older.
I am kind of wondering at this point just testing for mild or no symptoms is even worth it except in a few areas, and the presumption should be everyone has it or potentially will, and start just testing those who are hospitalized, or display severe symptoms that fall short of needing hospitalization.
Because someone can test, but right after still get infected somehow.
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