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amayzesIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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According to infectious disease epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch at Harvard, it’s “plausible” that 20 to 60 percent of adults will be infected with Covid-19 disease. So far, 80 percent of cases globally have been mild, but if the case fatality rate is around 1 percent (which several experts say it may be), a scenario is possible of tens or hundreds of thousands of deaths in the US alone.
Yet the speed at which the outbreak plays out matters hugely for its consequences. What epidemiologists fear most is the health care system becoming overwhelmed by a sudden explosion of illness that requires more people to be hospitalized than it can handle. In that scenario, more people will die because there won’t be enough hospital beds or ventilators to keep them alive.
A disastrous inundation of hospitals can likely be averted with protective measures we’re now seeing more of — closing schools, canceling mass gatherings, working from home, self-quarantine, self-isolation, avoiding crowds — to keep the virus from spreading fast.
Epidemiologists call this strategy of preventing a huge spike in cases “flattening the curve,” and it looks like this:
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Lun EsexAnd this one, which is really prescriptive rather than reactive: https://t.co/rEgD2L6xha
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14 Mar 20
Leah WilcoxIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Eric LanghorstIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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BelenLos que estamos sanos podemos ayudar a disminuir la velocidad de contagio del coronavirus con algo tan sencillo como mantener “distancia social”. Favor vean este gráfico.
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jose muriloIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Tonya ThomasIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Donna PapacostaIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Sarah FrekingIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Sergio GómezIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Sandra GassnerIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Petter HareimIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Susan JonesIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Meg AllisonIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Elisa FerrariThis is good and sensible Coronavirus chart: Canceled events and self-quarantines save lives by “flattening the curve” - Vox https://t.co/52E44UuSLt
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Dan NievesIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Kathi SmithIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Marianne AlleyneIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Cynthia KeechIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Steve WalkerIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Kelly de VriesIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Patrick LarkinIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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glenda funkIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Karen BolotinIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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Brandon CoxThe bias seems to trending toward postponement, cancellation, and restrictions.
This is to #FlattenTheCurve and the preventive steps now, are worth the future reduction.
Be understanding. Be kind.
We’re in the together.
#COVD19
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If you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
Ladies and gentlemen the LAST President America has had!!! That's the tweet!!!! https://t.co/fRJMhjOjfW -
Marcelle TaverasIf you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt
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At this point, with the virus spreading in America, the top priority is making sure the health care system avoids being flooded with very sick patients who need ventilators and intensive care.
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Remember, America’s hospitals and doctors are already dealing with their usual caseloads during a pretty bad flu season. Now they have to be ready to handle any Covid-19 patients who come their way.
There are serious concerns about the US system’s capacity to handle a severe outbreak. Covid-19 is a respiratory illness and in its most serious stages can require patients with pneumonia to be put on a ventilator. But there might not be enough ventilators to meet that need if the outbreak becomes too widespread.
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The health system is much more than ventilators, of course, and the concerns about capacity apply to the rest of it, too. As HuffPost’s Jonathan Cohn reported, US hospitals have about 45,000 beds in their intensive care units. In a moderate outbreak, about 200,000 patients may need to be put in the ICU, but under a more severe outbreak, it could be nearly 3 million.
And while all 3 million of them would likely not need treatment at the same time, we again need to account for the ICU patients hospitals already had before coronavirus arrived, as Cohn noted:
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12 Mar 20
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Peggy GeorgeNBA season suspended.
Coachella delayed.
SXSW canceled.
This one chart shows why so many large group gatherings are being canceled right now.
Learn more about the importance of social distancing and how to #flattenthecurve.
https://t.co/VAAqMFplSW
If you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt -
Lisa NobleNBA season suspended.
Coachella delayed.
SXSW canceled.
This one chart shows why so many large group gatherings are being canceled right now.
Learn more about the importance of social distancing and how to #flattenthecurve.
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Charles GambrellThe main uncertainty in the coronavirus outbreak in the United States now is how big it will get, and how fast.
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Laura RobertsonI must admit I was not sure how cancelling school etc for two weeks helped....so this explanation was really helpful to me. Now I feel foolish.
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Mela Eckenfels@siouxsiew Your Tweet was quoted in an article by @voxdotcom https://t.co/7mNiyV2eMw
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ssterrenburgThe most important graph in the world right now https://t.co/Im8VQNPzNt https://t.co/VTNwR8bMCK
I earn my living speaking at conferences and love nothing more than watching a football match with 75,000 people. If you aren’t clear on why such wonderful events are being cancelled at the moment you might want to read this: https://t.co/EVOliGi9ts
If you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. htt -
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Daisy PhDEven if you're not at high risk with coronavirus, what you do matters for those who are. https://t.co/dFF0DIspHf
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thedarsideofitEl rol de la cuarentena voluntaria en la erradicación de una pandemia.https://t.co/9vgumlP1Xn
— IvO™
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