Many people are going to be deathly afraid to go out in public for the foreseeable future because this virus is so easy to catch yet the global economy depends on us rushing round like gadflies, sending shipments of good flying round the world, hoppong on and off passenger jets and ignoring the natural barries that have slowed previous pandemics. What if the virus mutates as quickly as ‘flu, for which we have to have a new vaccine each year, or lasts for three full like the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1919 to 1921 did?Īs things standeu, European, the entire western world seems to be in the process of shutting up shop as fear of the coronavirus spreads like wildfire, but can the economies of developed nations withstand such a shock to the system. Some experts say it will burn itself out in a matter of months but that is pure speculation. We still have no idea how long the pandemic will last.
As many as 200,000 to 1.7 million people could die.Ĭan you imagine how overwhelmed our healthcare system will be if that actually happens?Īnd supposing this is repeated her in the UK (and there is no reason to believe it isn’t,) can you imagine the strain on the NHS, already struggling to cope with the demands placed on it due largely to the stupidity of virtue signalling left wing and neo – liberal politicians who think we should offer ‘free’ healthcare to the world. That could last months or even over a year, with infections concentrated in shorter periods, staggered across time in different communities, experts said. Amy Acton, the director of the state’s health department, told reporters that the virus is “among us, but we can’t see it yet,” WBRB reported.īut of course what we have seen so far could just be the tip of the iceberg.Īccording to the New York Times, the CDC is projecting that up to 214 million Americans could eventually become infected…īetween 160 million and 214 million people in the United States could be infected over the course of the epidemic, according to one projection. Ohio health officials announced Thursday that the state has five known cases of the coronavirus, but one expert said that the number is likely much higher and estimated 100,000 undiagnosed cases.ĭr.
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