Same. I work in a Hospital in IT in WA state. I'm somewhat nervous considering how many cases their have been in this state. It's only a matter of time before it hits in my hospital I imagine.
The older the worse it gets but regardless of age the vast majority recovers, it's not like if someone who's a bit older gets it that they're basically already dead. The 60-69 years old bracket is at about 3.6% fatality rate from what I can find, and these numbers might be inflated a bit due to the high fatality rate in China's Hubei province as a result of hospitals being overwhelmed.
I think there are quite a few countries that handled it pretty well so far, and I think this mindset that if you can't stop every single infection then it's pointless to even try is not the way to go about thing.
Was this person more vulnerable (older, health conditions)?
Someone in Japan possibly got reinfected but we don't know if they fully recovered or not from the initial bout.
I could be doing the statistics wrong but the most vulnerable are 80+ with around 12% and an additional 6% for pre existing conditions. I believe 60s are around the 3% mark. It's dangerous no doubt, but regardless of age it would seem the chance of surviving it is greater than the chance of succumbing to it. And of course the younger you go the better those stats get.
There's no current evidence of widespread reinfection though so I wouldn't be too worried.
Hopefully the snow is almost finished in Colorado. The cold weather won't be good.
Is this a lot lower than it was in the past? I've not really been looking at these updates, so I'm not sure, but 143 feels like it's a lot lower based on how it was a bit ago.
No. Smoking will be an addition to the risk but it will still be generally low.
Everyone who catches the virus is currently at risk but i would by no means put you in the extremely category based off your ages unless you have sever health issues already from smoking.
I re added my source here https://www.scmp.com/news/china/soc...ered-patient-dies-china-reports-139-new-cases
Yeah, they have managed to mostly contain it, especially outside Wuhan.
also we know its deadly largly among old people/people with chronic illnesses. weird think is 0, yes 0 deaths, that we know of of children under 10. thats weird since the flu is danrous to young kids, but thast doesnt seem to apply here.
To say I'm relieved is an understatement, for sure. They did the right thing (except getting Trump to speak, what the fuck) ultimately, although it really sucks for all the hotels/business that were going to make money.
