Until we have widespread and nearly universal testing, both for live virus and for antibodies, we have nothing to go on.
Yes!! To his credit, this is what Fauci is saying. I hope he can prevail against the panel of business advisors who want to open the country as quickly as possible.
But even with good care, those who don't die often incur permanent organ damage and lifelong high costs and misery.
Yes. This is not widely remembered, but many survivors from the 1918 Spanish flu were weakened, and died young. It was common theme in popular literature in the 1920s. "She was never the same after surviving the flu."
But with poor care or overwhelmed medical centers, even the young and healthy die in droves. You just do not seem to understand what a pandemic is. Or what this particular virus does in some people.
Yes, again. Without intensive, modern medical care, you are no better off than people dying at home in India, or than people were centuries ago. As I said before, just living in the 21st century does you no good if you do not have access to 21st century doctors, nurses and medical equipment. You are no healthier, stronger or more likely to survive than my grandfather was in 1918.
Boris Johnson, who came close to dying, explained that the nurses had to stay with him 24 hours a day, constantly monitoring his condition and adjusting the equipment. If the hospitals are overwhelmed, hundreds of thousand of people, young and old, will not get this level of attention, and they will die or be disabled for life. See: