National 2 week quarantine??

‘It’s a virus. It’s more contagious than the flu. It has a way of mutating into new strains. Think long term, not in the here and now. That’s what worries the CDC in particular. The long term

 

Ya I still don’t know what that means as I can’t wrap my a head around the difference between the flu and a virus.
But with that said I have listened haven’t left my house since March 11. Nobody in my house has left since then and we got at least another 2 weeks before we would need to do some shopping.

 

In the US, the rate of death for the swine flu was at 0.02%, while the 2020 coronavirus is at 1.32%. To put it in perspective, the coronavirus is 66 times deadlier than the swine flu.

2009 flu pandemic in the United States - Wikipedia

2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States - Wikipedia

 

CDC says influenza rate of death is 2%

 

That stat is for the whole world, I believe.

 

The flu has been around a long time and has vaccines to help. This new one is just starting and if it gets out of control, it will be back next year with a vengeance

 

I also wondered how significant the number of deaths caused by the Coronavirus is, if comparered the total number of deaths under "normal circumstances"
I found, what I think is a credible source:

Products - Data Briefs - Number 355 - January 2020
in which they report:
" ...
Summary
In 2018, a total of 2,839,205 resident deaths were registered in the United States..."

This means that in 2018 about 7 800 died every day on average. If we can take that number for 2 average weeks (I am not sure when exactly the first deceased person from Covid-19 was reported, I am guessing 2 weeks ago or so) then we have a ratio of 0.0026 which is a quarter of 1 percent of all deaths in a corresponding period under "normal circumstances".

Acutally, I made an error comparing Italy and U.S. Their Covid-19 death rate is 9% whereas here it is 1.2% (285 out of 24K). That's a big difference.

 

Guys don’t misunderstand, I get how serious this is and am following the guidelines provided. I’m not smart enough to know the differences here but the good news is I’m not smart enough to know what the differences are, if that makes sense.

 

Death rate in the US for COVID is Basically 1%. Latest has 23000 + cases and 295 deaths.
Media frenzie? Well I don’t know but I can’t seem to understand how the 23000 case are creating hospital shortages that are being reported. There are 5500 registered hospitals in the US...that’s 4 per hospital if it were spread equally.
What I am missing?

 

And yes...I am bored, otherwise we would not be having this discussion