(02-28-2020, 06:12 PM)jerryg Wrote: I'm guessing the big threat, is that it becomes so widespread that there aren't enough hospital beds and stuff to prevent normally preventable deaths.
If a person gets pneumonia, it's not a big deal. If a million people get pneumonia, then shit's going to get dicey.
Yes. Read up on The Spanish Flu.
Think about this: Nearly 16 million Americans have been diagnosed with COPD and who knows how many undiagnosed cases there are.
25 million have asthma.
9 million have chronic bronchitis.
3 million have emphysema
and so on. There is a whole list of chronic lung conditions.
That's 50+ million people who are at risk for complications from any kind of flu. Think what even 1 percent of that could do to our medical system especially in rural areas where hospitals are closing with regularity.
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