On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 16:12:52 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Adorable Deplorable wrote:
On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 22:47:46 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Adorable Deplorable wrote:
...why is the news making the big deal over the corona virus. Could it
possibly be just another way
to jump on Trump?

The overall burden of influenza for the 2017-2018 season was an estimated
45 million influenza
illnesses, 21 million influenza-associated medical visits, 810,000 influenza-related
hospitalizations, and 61,000 influenza-associated deaths.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm

Notice, 61,000 influenza-associated deaths. And yet almost nothing was
ever mentioned about it.

Weird.
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The cost of treating a Coronavirus is giant steps above flu treatment.

When 61,000 people died from the flu, that seems like a meaningless statement, over 800,000
hospitalizations couldn't have been very cheap.
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The cost per patient is lots higher. I think they intubation the
coronavirus people. It is a version of SARS.

It really depends on the patient. Supplemental oxygen is used in severe cases, but most are not
severe. The younger the patient the less severe the symptoms.
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