Will beat ya there! 7 days 4 hours and 26 minutes!
Will beat ya there! 7 days 4 hours and 26 minutes!
I wish that I had stayed to my original departure date.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/30/...y-for-elderly/
I'm not elderly, nor sick, nor weak (maybe bitter). The disease does not affect all equally, but the media is preying upon public fears and ignorance. Covid-19 kills an estimated 13.4% of patients 80 and older, compared to 1.25% of those in their 50s and 0.3% of those in their 40s. The vast majority recover. They should have just targeted the vulnerable for Protection.
I wish I had stayed in JA, the beach is always great!
Just the vulnerable, that is not so simple. Who's not vulnerable? Heart disease, diabetes, obesity, COPD, and high blood pressure are underlying conditions that can cause a bad outcome with this virus. That describes a huge swath of the population in North America.Originally Posted by DRPhil
The majority of those hospitalized and infected in our county are under 50 years old. The over 60 people just die after a few days, its the younger folks who are requiring intensive medical care for days or ever weeks. Every country should have locked down there borders in February. Then we wouldn't be in this mess, AND have our borders essentially closed. We stupid 'Americans' are great at ignoring problems until they land right on our toes. We watched the situation in Italy and denied that it would be a problem.
Jan. 22: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” — Trump in a CNBC interview.
Jan. 30: “We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five — and those people are all recuperating successfully. But we’re working very closely with China and other countries, and we think it’s going to have a very good ending for us … that I can assure you.” — Trump in a speech in Michigan.
Feb. 10: “Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April. We’re in great shape though. We have 12 cases — 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.” — Trump at the White House. (See our item “Will the New Coronavirus ‘Go Away’ in April?“)
Feb. 14: “There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm — historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So we don’t know yet; we’re not sure yet. But that’s around the corner.” — Trump in speaking to National Border Patrol Council members.
Feb. 23: “We have it very much under control in this country.” — Trump in speaking to reporters.
Feb. 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” — Trump in a tweet.
Feb. 26: “So we’re at the low level. As they get better, we take them off the list, so that we’re going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time. So we’ve had very good luck.” — Trump at a White House briefing.
Feb. 26: “And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.” — Trump at a press conference.
Feb. 26: “I think every aspect of our society should be prepared. I don’t think it’s going to come to that, especially with the fact that we’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up.” — Trump at a press conference, when asked if “U.S. schools should be preparing for a coronavirus spreading.”
Feb. 27: “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.” — Trump at a White House meeting with African American leaders.
We have plans for May. I have a feeling the decision to come will not be up to us. As this virus spreads I think JA might close the borders to us like they did to other countries....or the US will be on lockdown like Italy is experiencing right now. Just my own opinion and I do hope it doesn’t come to this but JA would suffer much more than we could imagine.
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My 25 cents. As a nurse of 30 years, it freaks me out that peeps are so dirty. I cant even tell you how many times i see peeps ignore even hand washing after bathroom duty. Hey , am not sure how my booked trip to negril is going to work out at this point. However, perhaps this time is a brilliant learning lesson? As in, washing hands?
Time to look at positives! I heard today that Jam has 1 case and she is quarantined. Also, Jamaicans wont even walk in the rain. I know that myself. Dang, if i try to educate. Nope! Lets plz not get crazy! For perspective—- as a nurse with an accidental needle stick, i got tested for a bunch, HIV, Hep C, TB. I received false positives on 2 lab tests. Hey, have nothing! A gf nurse friend of mine also received false positives. Thats a year of anxiety. Let’s put this into Perspective. After all of that, not so worried about a virus. Be careful and concerned, yes. Freak out, no.
First of all, there are two confirmed cases now. Won't even walk in the rain? a joke? I don't know where in Jamaica you go but where I go they all walk when they need to walk regardless of the weather.
An anecdotal personal case can not be extrapolated into this scenario. Good for you that you have nothing.
Agree that this is no time to freak out but, to not worry about this or any virus because of what you went through doesn't apply to the rest of us. I am concerned for Jamaicans especially in Kingston where the population is generally poor and crowded together in less than perfect living conditions. This was the same scenario that made both Zika and ChikV such a problem.
again...my opinion.
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My group have decided to cancel for now, mainly because we do not want to bring anything in, and we do not want to be responsible for that in a country with such limited health care, I pains me not to be down there spending my money for the benefit of all the great people who serve us.
We are going to ask Idle awhile to rebook us for the summer .
I think person-to-person transmission is a much bigger problem than a mosquito vector - especially when asymptomatic people can spread it. Hopefully this thing stalls with sunlight and warm ambient temperatures.
Warm temps do not kill this virus, it can survive 3 days in 98 degree temps.
Warm weather does help because as humans we are not all huddled together indoors but spend much more time outside and except for baseball etc. we are usually further apart preventing transmission.
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