If it’s equivalent to Flu, why?

Stretch said:
Influenza “the flu” and COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, are both infectious respiratory illnesses. Although the symptoms of COVID-19 and the flu can look similar, the two illnesses are caused by different viruses.

As of Mar. 11, 2020, the flu is showing much more of an impact on Americans than COVID-19. You can find up-to-date information on COVID-19 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Lisa Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H., senior director of infection prevention at Johns Hopkins, explains how the flu and COVID-19 are similar and how they are different.
Similarities: COVID-19 and the Flu
Symptoms

Both cause fever, cough, body aches, fatigue; sometimes vomiting and diarrhea.
Can be mild or severe, even fatal in rare cases.
Can result in pneumonia.

Transmission

Both can be spread from person to person through droplets in the air from an infected person coughing, sneezing or talking.
A possible difference: COVID-19 might be spread through the airborne route (see details below under Differences).
Flu can be spread by an infected person for several days before their symptoms appear, and COVID-19 is believed to be spread in the same manner, but we don’t yet know for sure.

Treatment

Neither virus is treatable with antibiotics, which only work on bacterial infections.
Both may be treated by addressing symptoms, such as reducing fever. Severe cases may require hospitalization and support such as mechanical ventilation.

Prevention

Both may be prevented by frequent, thorough hand washing, coughing into the crook of your elbow, staying home when sick and limiting contact with people who are infected.
Differences: COVID-19 and the Flu
Cause

COVID-19: Caused by one virus, the novel 2019 coronavirus, now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2.

Flu: Caused by any of several different types and strains of influenza viruses.
Transmission

While both the flu and COVID-19 may be transmitted in similar ways (see the Similarities section above), there is also a possible difference: COVID-19 might be spread through the airborne route, meaning that tiny droplets remaining in the air could cause disease in others even after the ill person is no longer near.
Antiviral Medications

COVID-19: Antiviral medications are currently being tested to see if they can address symptoms.

Flu: Antiviral medications can address symptoms and sometimes shorten the duration of the illness.
Vaccine

COVID-19: No vaccine is available at this time, though it is in progress.

Flu: A vaccine is available and effective to prevent some of the most dangerous types or to reduce the severity of the flu.
Infections

COVID-19: Approximately 121,564 cases worldwide; 1,050 cases in the U.S. as of Mar. 11, 2020.

Flu: Estimated 1 billion cases worldwide; 9.3 million to 45 million cases in the U.S. per year.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hea...ronavirus/coronavirus-disease-2019-vs-the-flu
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Nerdberg seems impervious to facts.
 
Trump throws support behind paid sick leave
By Niv Elis - 03/10/20 03:50 PM EDT


Trump throws support behind paid sick leave
© Greg Nash

President Trump on Tuesday threw his support behind a paid sick or family leave program, a major Democratic priority, as part of a stimulus package to counter the effects of coronavirus, according to several GOP senators.

“He made it very obvious he really supports those types of measures,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) following a lunch during which Trump pitched his proposals for a stimulus to GOP senators.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/486876-trump-throws-support-behind-paid-sick-leave
 
Nordberg said:
Other corona diseases have vaccines to prevent them. There is none for this since it is new. that means we also do not have antibodies in us that would help. If you get it you need treatment like any other flu. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention-treatment.html
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So, if you are in overall good health with a healthy immune system and catch this virus,
you are likely to be one of the vast majority who recovers.
Lesson? Practice good hygiene and fortify your immune system so you're not vulnerable to colds
and infections which would compromise your immune system in the first place. :cool:
 
Stretch said:
Trump throws support behind paid sick leave
By Niv Elis - 03/10/20 03:50 PM EDT


Trump throws support behind paid sick leave
© Greg Nash

President Trump on Tuesday threw his support behind a paid sick or family leave program, a major Democratic priority, as part of a stimulus package to counter the effects of coronavirus, according to several GOP senators.

“He made it very obvious he really supports those types of measures,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) following a lunch during which Trump pitched his proposals for a stimulus to GOP senators.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/486876-trump-throws-support-behind-paid-sick-leave
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Socialist!
 
Stretch said:
Trump throws support behind paid sick leave!
By Niv Elis - 03/10/20 03:50 PM EDT


Trump throws support behind paid sick leave
© Greg Nash

President Trump on Tuesday threw his support behind a paid sick or family leave program, a major Democratic priority, as part of a stimulus package to counter the effects of coronavirus, according to several GOP senators.

“He made it very obvious he really supports those types of measures,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) following a lunch during which Trump pitched his proposals for a stimulus to GOP senators.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/486876-trump-throws-support-behind-paid-sick-leave
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Your party just shut down the legislation for mandatory paid sick leave.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
We have antivirals that can modify the severity of a viral illness if you take them in time, but I'm not sure how effective they are on the COVIDs or on this one in particular. Right now the best we can do is identify the patients and convince them to self-quarantine, and aggressively treat any comorbidities like pneumonia or sepsis.

I think even if test kits were handed out free like candy at Halloween, a lot of ppl would be reluctant to be tested. They don't want to be seen as Typhoid Marys for one thing. Plus most ppl cannot afford to self-quarantine for two weeks minimum. And many do not get sick days and would have to take delete pay days if they take off. They also risk losing their jobs if they can't come in.
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"Most" people who get it are mildly affected or even asymptomatic.
 
Cypress said:
Sounds like you flip flopped, backtracked, and changed your mind 180 degrees on this issue.
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I have no idea what you're speaking of. I answered your assertion directly.
Dims wanted to add political pork to this when right now the focus should be strictly on the medical issue at hand.
 
Legion said:
Originally Posted by Chai latte liberal
You came up on my "notifications - who quoted me", so I took you out of IA to see what's all the hub bub. Fascinating that you're still obsessing over the ass whuppings I gave you in the past.
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Can you link to any alleged "ass whuppings"?

I'll understand if you can't, of course,





Originally Posted by Chai latte liberal
IMHO, it's just the latest phase in the unholy alliance between the FDA and pharmaceutical industry. When I saw that chick from the WHO declare a pandemic (and if she didn't, I'll take it back), I practically lept from my chair! The worldwide death toll from this particular strain wasn't even enough to rate a percentage point as to how many people DIE annually in the USA from flu viruses that have been with us ever since I can remember. Interesting that time tested cures and remedies have to wait YEARS before the FDA decides that they can market with declarations of they cure.....while suddenly VACCINES are being rushed through for the N1H1....a flu viruse that compared to others is NOT even exceptionally lethal. As the old saying goes, follow the money!
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Originally Posted by Chai latte liberal
Prudent precaution is one thing....hype to the point of panic is another. From what you pasted, it's very similar to what's currently going on. What's your point?
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Are you positing that there was "hype to the point of panic" when your Messiah Obama infested the Oval Office during the H1N1 pandemic but the Chinese virus is somehow worse?

Because that's what it looks like.
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1. That you STILL alter posts with your childish name calling speaks volumes as to why I had you on IA and why you'll go back after this drubbing, which will suffice as an example for the reading audience to the validity of what I say (hint: I literally had forgotten you until you came up in notification, so I won't and don't waste time back tracking any exchanges after what, months?)

2. Seems you're still fixated on right wingnut hatred for Obama...."messiah" was a tag used by one of your like minded hacks, who LIED when he inferred that black Americans see Obama as such (but could NOT associate that word to any black political or social leadership). And no, my intellectually stunted friend, you should note the SIMILARITIES OF THE TWO. Got that? If you don't, get a nearby adult to explain it to you....that and take a refresher course in reading comprehension.

3. So two typos/misspellings is what's got you all excited? That's the best criticism of the paragraph you have? Grow up, son.
 
Isn't it ironic that all the economic stop gap measures that Pence and Dump are proposing sound strangely similar to the contents of Universal Health Care proposals?
 
So many experts repeating figures that are unknown because we have done almost no collecting and have no database. Give some time, with this admin a lot of time. before you state numbers because they are speculative.
 
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