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Apr 8, 2020
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WorfoSAUR
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intubating young person: novel, intubating old pt: routine
Even a handful of young, relatively healthy patients <40 dying from pneumonia is extremely out of the ordinary. Stands out much more in your mind. So yeah an exaggeration
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Here's an interesting/terrifying article about an anesthesiologist in Chicago.
BerkeleyCoug
4/8/20 8:24am
He’s likely exaggerating or lying.
Dangerous
4/8/20 8:25am
which are basically the same thing
Saxa
4/8/20 8:26am
intubating young person: novel, intubating old pt: routine
WorfoSAUR
4/8/20 8:29am
This. Exaggeration, but not for the dark purposes some around here think. It's a nasty bug, even for younger folks.
CalGTR
4/8/20 9:23am
Or just because a single doctor sees a lot of young people doesn't mean his
cougarfan84
4/8/20 8:35am
"meager 75-85% fatality rate"
Tokolosh
4/8/20 8:25am
Fixed - originally intended to put the recovery rate, which is certainly meager.
BerkeleyCoug
4/8/20 8:28am
This group is as bad as those that say this isn't worse than the flu
CSoul
4/8/20 8:47am
The odds are much less of serious issues with covid-19 for younger folk, but with hundreds of thousands and even
CalGTR
4/8/20 9:18am
Estimated 2800 people died of flu in US between ages 18-49 in the ‘17-18 season
Run-DMT
4/8/20 9:27am
My guess is his random sample has more young patients and some exaggeration
D.T. Survivor
4/8/20 9:30am
*jibes
BYUFBDAD
4/8/20 10:23am
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