Enjoy Covid for the rest of your life....

7/30/2020 3:57:34 PM

An epidemiologist at University of Minnesota, (Osterhom) who predicted this pandemic in January stated he expected Covid to last the remainder of his life: He is 67. An actuary would pg that at almost 20 years. No first wave; no second wave; no third wave; no end.
He equated it to a forest fire and said that even when you put it out, the embers are still there. If he is right, this means, that the end of February 2020, was the end of life as we know it....forever, for some of us.
How long will you feel that living like we do now is "worth it"?

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winex

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4 years ago

Various studies are showing that the antibodies to the novel corona virus only survive anywhere from 5 weeks to 3 months.

That doesn't bode well for the creation of a vaccine.

In my opinion, the best hope lies in treating the disease.

Of course eliminating it entirely wouldn't be difficult in theory. It would just require a short total lockdown. Once carriers either recovered or died, so would the virus.

Uprightcitizen

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4 years ago

From what I have read because the virus is soo successful at spreading it has very few mutations (like 20) so the specific strains can possibly can be targeted and eradicated. Here is holding out hope...

whodey

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4 years ago

Maybe he was already diagnosed with covid and is currently in ICU and thinks he will die soon. To him the rest of his life may be a couple of days.

Or maybe he is thinking about ending his life if he can't get a front room makeout session followed by a Follies style VIP soon.

mark94

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4 years ago

While “ confirmed cases” keep going up, the death rate keeps dropping. It’s already only a little bit worse than the everyday flu. That trend will continue as treatments and vaccines come on line.

The flu doesn’t keep us in permanent quarantine. We’ll reach a point where CoVid is the same.

Longball300

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4 years ago

My guess: Every year there will be this year's COVID shot for you to take. You might get sick; you might not. Get the shot and even if you are exposed your chances of getting really sick lessen.

Being new, this virus crushed the infirm and older segments of our population being kept alive by all the wonderful drugs we can take now while we are being pushed around in a wheelchair.

Sixty-eight percent of the 3,422 reported coronavirus-related deaths in Ohio have involved long-term care facility patients.

Another area of concentration has been Ohio's prisons, home to 88 inmate deaths and five to staff, according to data released by the prison department on Wednesday.

Overall in Ohio, 52% of the deaths have been to people age 80 and older, with another 25% in their 70s.

Ohio life expectancy: 77 years.

skibum609

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4 years ago

82.8% of all deaths in New Hampshire have been nursing home patients.

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