You can't get the virus if you're in your house and not in contact with anyone who has it. An isolation period of 2-4 weeks or longer is absolutely the standard of care in an epidemic -- the procedure that's been known for well over 100 years, and is effective when implemented correctly. Almost no one alive today has lived through a pandemic, and many people still do not understand how bad this can get.
The virus has a very long incubation time -- much more than the 14-day quarantine period. If you can avoid getting infected, you will not be infecting others either. People are contagious and shedding virus for days before showing any symptoms -- as much as 27 days before getting sick, in documented cases.
Hospitals will be utterly overwhelmed with patients if people don't isolate themselves so that those who already infected but don't know it will start developing symptoms and can get treated if they need it. The longer that cases can be spread out over time, the more chance people will have of getting medical care that will save their lives. Also, the isolation period will stop people who are not showing symptoms but ARE contagious from infecting others.
They are developing treatments quickly, using traditional drugs. The anti-malarial drug plus HIV drug cocktail seems to be working in Australia. Remdesivir looks promising too. And then there are the other drugs like Brilacidin that they're looking at.
It's also possible that over time, the virus may mutate into a less dangerous form. And it's possible that people will learn more cautious behavior, and people who might have gotten infected in the past won't get infected now -- for instance, not having the sample trays at CostCo, or people who are vulnerable being able to get "procedure masks" like the dentist uses, when they go shopping. Masks DO help prevent infection, and they are now admitting that the virus IS airborne -- and that they were saying "don't wear masks" because there were none to be had, and front-line healthcare workers need them.
As far as people feeling invulnerable because they're not in a risk group -- they were just talking about a guy in his 30's who's in critical condition. 50% of those hospitalized for the virus are under 50.
There are doctors who have already admitted that they are not going to devote the scarce resources like ventilators to patients who are over 60, if the hospitals get overloaded with patients. So for those who were talking about "death panels" -- well, they could be here sooner than you think, and they are called "triage."
So people need to shut up about how "we're all going to get it anyway" and look at the possibility that a few weeks or months of really modifying their lifestyle could prevent the U.S. from having the 2 MILLION deaths than one of the mathematical models predicted would happen, if people didn't isolate themselves. Many people who will die if they are in a hospital with no resources to treat them will instead LIVE if people just have a little consideration for society as a whole.
Hilary Duff was correct when she tweeted her millions of millennial followers to not be "a millennial a******" " and to stop killing people.
The virus has a very long incubation time -- much more than the 14-day quarantine period. If you can avoid getting infected, you will not be infecting others either. People are contagious and shedding virus for days before showing any symptoms -- as much as 27 days before getting sick, in documented cases.
Hospitals will be utterly overwhelmed with patients if people don't isolate themselves so that those who already infected but don't know it will start developing symptoms and can get treated if they need it. The longer that cases can be spread out over time, the more chance people will have of getting medical care that will save their lives. Also, the isolation period will stop people who are not showing symptoms but ARE contagious from infecting others.
They are developing treatments quickly, using traditional drugs. The anti-malarial drug plus HIV drug cocktail seems to be working in Australia. Remdesivir looks promising too. And then there are the other drugs like Brilacidin that they're looking at.
It's also possible that over time, the virus may mutate into a less dangerous form. And it's possible that people will learn more cautious behavior, and people who might have gotten infected in the past won't get infected now -- for instance, not having the sample trays at CostCo, or people who are vulnerable being able to get "procedure masks" like the dentist uses, when they go shopping. Masks DO help prevent infection, and they are now admitting that the virus IS airborne -- and that they were saying "don't wear masks" because there were none to be had, and front-line healthcare workers need them.
As far as people feeling invulnerable because they're not in a risk group -- they were just talking about a guy in his 30's who's in critical condition. 50% of those hospitalized for the virus are under 50.
There are doctors who have already admitted that they are not going to devote the scarce resources like ventilators to patients who are over 60, if the hospitals get overloaded with patients. So for those who were talking about "death panels" -- well, they could be here sooner than you think, and they are called "triage."
So people need to shut up about how "we're all going to get it anyway" and look at the possibility that a few weeks or months of really modifying their lifestyle could prevent the U.S. from having the 2 MILLION deaths than one of the mathematical models predicted would happen, if people didn't isolate themselves. Many people who will die if they are in a hospital with no resources to treat them will instead LIVE if people just have a little consideration for society as a whole.
Hilary Duff was correct when she tweeted her millions of millennial followers to not be "a millennial a******" " and to stop killing people.
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