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Things we now know from the India outbreak

Covid was never just a "little flu". A hospitalisation rate of even 1% is catastrophic when the richest countries only have 3 ICU beds per 1000 people.

Once all the ICU beds are full, the fatality rate of covid jumps multiple fold because not only do people with covid not get oxygen, anyone with any kind of medical emergency cannot get help

No country was anywhere near herd immunity prior to mass vaccinations. If there was mass gathering and no outbreak, it just meant the virus hadn't got there yet

Heat and light does not slow down infection, only distance and avoiding bodily water droplets.

Lockdowns, even though they are crippling, are a lot less financially ruinous than a mass outbreak. Masks shouldn't even be a debate, they are nothing more than a nuisance compared to the alternative, a complete nobrainer precaution

The virus doesn't care "how well" a country had controlled the spread previously, all it needs is one opening in a mass gathering and it'll set the country alight like a spark becoming a wildfire
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So my good friend was telling me back in the beginning of November that Covid would be a non-issue once the election was over and the "liberals like you hahaha" had taken yet another beating at the polls. Then in early December I saw a picture of him on my Facebook feed that taken with a bunch of other retired first responders partying in Vegas... no masks, no social distancing. Three weeks later his son called me and told his dad had tested positive and had been admitted to a local hospital and to pray for him. In early January, I heard he "was doing better" and may be able to come off the ventilator soon. A few days later I got the call that he had passed.

This disease does not care who you are, what you are or where you are.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Threepio And a life is a life is a life..Even if you wont protect yourself, protect others against you..
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@Threepio That is so profoundly sad on so many levels. I wonder if he was one of those people whose last words were "This can't be happening. It is a hoax!"
helenS · 36-40, F
@Threepio Cynics might say he should be awarded the annual Darwin award, but he is a man, a father, and a husband.