The infant tested positive for the virus, but it will be Tuesday or Wednesday before they actually know the cause of death. Might want to tap the brakes there.

Tell me, specifically, how said “unknown virus” test was confirmed? I’ve yet to hear of that unknown virus test.

The German Institute of Virology that developed the first assay to test for the novel Coronavirus did so in mid-January 2020 which is actually the same time the guy from California brought the virus home from Wuhan.

Unless you know a lot of people from Wuhan then there’s no way your buddy had this particular virus. It’s been in the US almost exactly two months like others have said.

If you have evidence otherwise, let’s have a look.

I had an unknown virus that almost killed me in 2012. Using your logic, Covvid was here then!

Yes, the numbers will grow. Along this thread, there has been some discussion about the number of deaths, and the death rate. All of these are our current best-of-care managed outcomes using a healthcare system that can absorb the punch. Soon, it will become overwhelmed in certain areas and no longer be able to save the percentage of cases as it is doing right now. Whatever that percentage is, however you calculate it, the reality is it will get worse simply from lack of care.

Without flattening the infection rate, more regions will saturate and begin to track higher deaths per 1000 cases. On March 28, we had 411 new deaths. That number has been doubling every 3 days. The curve track says March 31 will have ~822 deaths in a single day. April 3 it will likely hit ~3200 NEW deaths PER day. Unchecked, that won't slow down until it can't find enough new victims to infect. Lets run some "oh carp" (but unfortunately reasonable data tracking) numbers for the next 7 days.

March 28 total is 1707. Lets add: 1707 + 411 + 822 + 822 + 1644 + 1644 + 3288 + 3288 = ~10,338 total predicted death toll just 7 days away. That will be just getting started, sadly. In just two additional days it will likely top 20,000. Whatever the real numbers are, there will be an ever-worsening outcome from the lack of care. How long will you stay on board with "the loss is acceptable to keep the economy going" approach? Hint: the impact of this toll will be so shocking that the economy is going to be trashed if you choose the very option some of you believe will save it.

Yeah, uh huh.
That makes as much sense as saying the person tested positive for AIDS but it will be Tuesday or Wednesday before they actually know the cause of death.
The cause of death is most likely pneumonia, which the infant wouldn't have had if not for the virus.
If you died tomorrow following a car accident would you feel better if the LEO/medical examiner listed the cause of death as severe head trama?

Actually it does. They could have had a heart attack brought on by stress. Eventually we will have people who at death, test positive but the virus had nothing to do with how they died... it just happened to be present when they got in a car wreck.

Okay got it.
The infant was stressed out and had a heart attack.
The virus was irrelevant.

What matters is to find out. It wasn’t supposed to hurt the really young. So why is this one different? What comorbidities were in play?

Why are Americans between the ages of 20-44 accounting for a higher percentage (29%) of the hospitalizations than those in the 65-84 (25%) age group? Many questions don't have answers at this time and may never have answers.

Are you? I don't think medical doctors or an epidemiologist care about the economy or the destruction they are doing.

Yeah, but some of you all continue to ignore those killed or injured by the drunk drivers or drivers texting and etc.. Those innocent people did not have a "choice". I suspect the overall number of these innocent people getting killed from drunks, the flu, cancer, and all those other things the past decade and future ones will far exceed these COVID-19 deaths.

The end mathematical result can not be ignored - a moderate amount of deaths each year for many years from drunks and etc or a large number in a short period of time because of a virus is the contextual argument.

I guess it depends on what you are most "scared" of on a personal level.

Lots of scientists are working trying to figure this out. You are probably right, but the reality is they do not know for sure yet. This article says WHO doesn't know for sure and accuses them of being irresponsible telling folks the virus cannot be aerosolized. This virus is brand new. Until we know for sure for sure, I plan to keep wearing N95 masks on grocery runs. I know you are no dummy, but I take exception to calling someone uneducated who wears a mask.

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/8232...-on-coronavirus-transmission-through-air

Are you also sanitizing the toilet paper you hoarded?

You’re correct. It’s everyone’s personal choice how they choose to stay safe in these crazy times.

At first they were carefully rationing those to hospital workers where aerosols are generated routinely but I can assure you that if I was up at a hospital I’d be wearing one.

We all need to take precautions so I’ll happily retract my statement.

According to CNN article the average age of deaths in Italy is 78 years old.