That's an interesting read. A couple of weeks ago we were discussing this at the end of my French cinema class (predominantly people in their 60s and 70s) and I took the macho line that it's just a bit of flu. The following day I read an article, which I can't find now, which put the worst case outcome as 5 million dead in the UK alone. That's some virus, that Covid-19.
So even if we aren't worried for ourselves I'm sure we all have many friends and family who are at great risk and we would like everyone to try and help them avoid the disease in the first place, and have access to the best possible treatment otherwise. I hope everyone looks after themselves and others as best they can. > On 15 Mar 2020, at 16:28, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > My original post was passing on a joke about the perceived demographics of > certain supermarkets. Many people seem to have taken it seriously - in which > case, the link below seems to be a pretty well-written explanation of the > outbreak and the statistics describing it. > https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca > > We owe a lot to Jixian Zhang, who spotted the new disease almost immediately > it crossed her path. > > >> On 15 March 2020 at 15:58 Postmaster <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Rick Womer wrote: >> >>> Still waiting for official word about work next week. Everyone is >>> encouraged to work from home, but since Im in my late 60s I >>> expect be told to stay away and let younger colleagues see my patients. >> >> Rick, are your patients particularly susceptible because of immune >> system weaknesses that go along with cancer treatments? I know >> Covid-19 appears to be less dangerous to children (at this point >> Children's Hospital is the only hospital in the Boston area that >> *doesn't* have Covid-19 patients on ventilators) but it would seem >> that cancer patients might be particularly vulnerable even if they're >> young. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
