Yes, I really hope it's not true, but I figured as much.... I sometimes wonder if it's better to be ignorant... I mean then I wouldn't have to worry or think about the "what if scenarios", while I know this won't be "the one" I am almost certain we're not prepared for ****, and if it were something worse we'd be done for (except for like ~5% with some rare mutation)... It's just wonderful to hear how ignorant we are as a society. Like tonight, against my better judgment I went out, I saw a guy wash his hands - thinking to myself "awesome someone is beating the odds and washing their hands in the men's restroom!!".... Only to see him then touch his hair and face and then dry his hands. If we had a true end of the world plague, I highly doubt the typical American educational system (I'm American BTW) would do us any favors. I mean why the hell can't we at least wash our hands correctly? Obviously he'd probably touch his hair/face later... But the ignorance is astounding... Oh and he worked at the restaurant.... Haha, lovely
They’re reporting “presumptive” cases, meaning confirmed by the Houston lab but not yet confirmed by CDC, so not sure why these wouldn’t be reported as well if they’re coming back with an initial positive result but not yet confirmed by CDC.
I don’t disagree with you. The virus is not political and we need non-political responses to successfully resolve this.
Probably because of the lack of support/lack of test kits available. I don't know if you saw the other news articles but it's literally like the Dr/health care worker flat out knows the person has it (90+ %.sure) but no kits available or denied by cdc on testing. The link provided by @B-Bob earlier is alarming. Again, I don't think this is the end of society virus or something crazy (it's still serious) and it's eye opening to how incompetent we are.
This is a study showing how much you can delay a flu like epidemic by simply correctly hand washing. But don't kid yourself. You think there is anything special about americans? Where do most of the population correctly wash their hands? Or dont' cough in other peoples faces. Nowhere. Just in the beginning of this thread there were many asian posters saying how our "shining" example South Korea didn't even have soap dispensers in their office toilets before the outbreak. South Korea a country where every person man and woman have 3 different face creams and plastic surgery is their national sport.
I truly believe when the weather warms, it will dissipate. 1 hour change is going to help, more sun and more warmth. We are getting warmer tomorrow. Colder places is where the virus will continue for a while. A lot of warm places in the world doesn't have virus spreading quickly like Italy, Iran, or S.Korea. My friend who is a doctor, she isn't scared to be on the front-line, she wants to experience this phenomenon. She jokingly says it adds to her resume. The only worry she has is being asked to go to places where it is out-of control. Wuhan grew fast because they are very dense, just like Daegu, in Houston are kinda of spread out which prevents from spreading like wildfire.
Right, I don't get into politics often (more into science), but I've seen ignorance on both sides (if just looking at D/R, and hey if later I'm wrong I'd prefer that to losing parts of the population due to incompetence
Oh I absolutely don't think there's anything special about us over here, I'm more pointing at the fact our politicians can speak like they're scientists. It's a ****ing joke
Also that's an amazing graphic and just proves my point... Hand washing is always better (especially if done correctly).. It's like, why can't we, in a developed country, wash our hands?
I don’t know why they do or don’t do certain things. I will say this though...This family member is as professional as they come. No way would she tell me this if it was not true. Not sure she would have told me if I said I’d come on here and post, but I feel it’s important that people take it seriously. I wasn’t as concerned as I probably should have been until I was told this. I mean, I felt like it would get here, but maybe not like I think it will now.
So you see one douche incorrectly washing his hands and you blame the American educational system? Get off your god damn high horse bro. You are beginning to sound like a eurotrash. You really think people in third world countries do better than us at hand washing? Really? Why don't you go try living there for a year so you can appreciate how good you have it here.
Our politicians may suck, but that's a universal thing, not an American thing. A year from now you'll be getting the vaccine courtesy of an American scientist, then I hope you'll appreciate more what you have here.
LOL No. He doesn’t get that excuse. Stop doing sleezy, if not criminal acts and it won’t be an issue. Success or fail on the handling of this virus is on Trump.
Also, @malakas I definitely have agreed on everything you posted, I like the extra knowledge from outside the US Sorry if it came off like garbage, I don't think it's purely on our educational system, I guess what frustrates me, is in America we have access to the most resources and then we don't use them. Access to clean water/soap etc.. I mean I'm sure you've been to a gas station/restaurant and there's no soap, and you can tell it's not like it just ran out. Obviously as humans we're exposed to all kinds of pathogens, I'm just more thinking on the people who rely on us to do a good job, similar to people who can't get vaccines (so the rest of us do) And I've visited outside the US and appreciate the opportunity I've been given, I think maybe if we shared the reality of all the stuff we have access to maybe it'd help. I also don't think someone not washing their hands is doing it on purpose or douchy, I'm thinking they're not thinking of where there hands are going next, I mean I'm sure they wouldn't want to see me touching stuff wrong/not washing hands etc.
I hope this guesstimate is off https://www.businessinsider.com/pre...aring-for-millions-of-hospitalizations-2020-3 The presentation, titled "What healthcare leaders need to know: Preparing for the COVID-19" happened February 26, with representatives from the National Ebola Training and Education Center. As part of the presentation to hospitals, Dr. James Lawler, a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center gave his "best guess" estimates of how much the virus might spread in the US.
Took the family out to eat tonight for what is probably the last time for who knows how long. Couldn't stop thinking about all the vectors we came across. Meanwhile, for the doubters, here's the projection from the American Hospital Association.
I haven’t read back to the comment in which the poster made the statement that you are responding to but good lord dude... You must not get out much. I can’t even begin to compare the discrepancy between people that wash their hands in the men’s room vs people that don’t. I see this in a huge office setting daily.. I see dudes taking a piss, grabbing the flusher and skipping right by the sink to grab that nasty ass door handle and walk right out to the general public. While I find that disgusting in general, regardless of even a pandemic scare, you have to be blind or live in a basement, if you don’t see that on a daily basis. Ever been to the rodeo? A Rockets game? An Astros game? A Texans game? Hell, any other highly populated event where port a potties are the source to use the restroom? You don’t think that’s an epicenter for germs/diseases? And by the way, I’ve been to many continents on this planet and many more countries. It’s the same everywhere. Get off your high horse.
Reminds me of just before Harvey when word leaked about what officials were saying behind the scenes about what was coming. The officials denied it and then most of it became reality.
