[ta6point6]

I dont think anyone is trying to scare people. The fact is 90% + of people are going to be just fine, this covid-19 will par down one way or the other. The fact is with this shelter in place they are just trying to get people to stay out of the streets. The infection rates are almost doubling every few days, hmmm I wonder why Stay home people dont go walk around for no reason except groceries and gas. Look at Italy, people are still walking around even with their high covid counts. The hospitals are trying to avoid the grim task of deciding who gets a ventilator and who does not. There is just not enough equipment to go around if cases spike,which it looks like they will.
As far as the economy goes 2/3 of the economy is dependent on consumer spending so the Government is hoping you will go out and blow that money on a new flat screen TV. Kind of crazy our economy is that fragile but it is so go out and spend your money on crap, our economy is counting on you.
IMO the way I see it the shelter in place is not going to work and the economy is in big trouble. I believe the US is going to have to shift to plan B since most people will not stay home. That is the people that are most likely to contract Covid 19 is the older population. They will need to shelter in place and need a lot of help to get through this. The younger people will go back to work and probably contract the virus and build up a mass immunity. The problem is some younger folks will probably die as a result unfortunately.
I know a lot of younger people think they will be just fine but if you look at the younger folks who contracted covid 19 and ended up in the hospital. The younger folks are health care workers who have been exposed to the virus one to many times. That is why the shortage of PPE is so important to health care workers.
Good luck to everyone and this to shall pass, look out for one another it is going to be a bumpy road.

[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by ta6point6

I dont think anyone is trying to scare people. The fact is 90% + of people are going to be just fine, this covid-19 will par down one way or the other. The fact is with this shelter in place they are just trying to get people to stay out of the streets. The infection rates are almost doubling every few days, hmmm I wonder why Stay home people dont go walk around for no reason except groceries and gas. Look at Italy, people are still walking around even with their high covid counts. The hospitals are trying to avoid the grim task of deciding who gets a ventilator and who does not. There is just not enough equipment to go around if cases spike,which it looks like they will.
As far as the economy goes 2/3 of the economy is dependent on consumer spending so the Government is hoping you will go out and blow that money on a new flat screen TV. Kind of crazy our economy is that fragile but it is so go out and spend your money on crap, our economy is counting on you.
IMO the way I see it the shelter in place is not going to work and the economy is in big trouble. I believe the US is going to have to shift to plan B since most people will not stay home. That is the people that are most likely to contract Covid 19 is the older population. They will need to shelter in place and need a lot of help to get through this. The younger people will go back to work and probably contract the virus and build up a mass immunity. The problem is some younger folks will probably die as a result unfortunately.
I know a lot of younger people think they will be just fine but if you look at the younger folks who contracted covid 19 and ended up in the hospital. The younger folks are health care workers who have been exposed to the virus one to many times. That is why the shortage of PPE is so important to health care workers.
Good luck to everyone and this to shall pass, look out for one another it is going to be a bumpy road.

The number of the infected is going to change dramatically with testing. Here in IN, 1,980 people have been tested with 259 confirmed cases. As more people are tested, I expect that number to go up, but I do NOT expect it to include every living person in the U.S.. If the last SARS pandemic is our historical precedence it will be roughly 13-15% of the population with a mortality rate of 1.3-1.5%. The last SARS mutation had a mortality rate of 10%.