The point at which the health system and civilisation starts to break down

Critical Analysis: The 

Breaking Point for Hospitals, 

Health Care, Countries and 

Civilization

HalTurner,

4 March, 2020

More than a month ago, analysts identified that once a local regional area sustains more than 256 infections with the new coronavirus, an unstoppable chain reaction infection begins resulting in full regional outbreak.

Now, with being able to study the pattern of infections in countries with more open access to information than China, analysts have been able to identify the point at which total collapse of the healthcare system and society in general begins to occur.

Once a large city or regional area reaches the point of

3,000 infections the hospital system is no longer able to handle the case load and people in critical condition begin to die from lack of access to medical care.

South Korea has now reached this critical threshold. Look for the bodies to really start stacking up there soon.

Iran is right at that point as well.

Italy, while not there yet will be reaching that point soon as well.

I know it seems like this all is unfolding slowly, but the reality is just 9 days ago, South Korea only had 763 confirmed cases and now the official count is at 5,621.

If nothing is done to slow the spread of the virus, by this time next week, California, Washington state and possibly Oregon will be facing chain reaction outbreak that can no longer be controlled no matter what steps are taken.

The situation worldwide has unfolded overnight twice as fast as it did yesterday. This trend will only continue to accelerate. Within the next week, things will be happening so fast that it will no longer be practical to keep up with events in other countries- you will struggle to keep up with what is happening just in your local region.

In the last 12 hours:

*4 new cases in British Columbia

*South Korea- 293 new cases, 3 new deaths

*Australia- 9 new cases

*Japan- 15 new cases

*Madrid- 10 new cases

*Switzerland- 22 new cases

*India- 22 new cases

*Malaysia- 14 new cases from 1 super spreader

*Iraq- 1st death, 1 new case

*Scotland- 2 new cases

*Sweden- 2 new cases

*Germany- 41 new cases

*Austria- 3 new cases

*Belarus- 2 new cases

*Iceland- 2 new cases

*Greece- 1 new case

*Portugal- 1 new case

*Iran- 586 new cases, 15 new deaths

*Belgium- 10 new cases

*Netherlands- 15 new cases

*Poland- 1st confirmed case

*California- 5 new cases, 2 in critical condition

*United States- 126 total cases in 13 states

This is just the beginning. It only accelerates from here.

TWO strains of coronavirus!

HalTurner,

4 March, 2020

The coronavirus has mutated into at least two separate strains since the outbreak began in December, according to Chinese scientists.

Researchers say there are now two types of the same coronavirus infecting people – and most people seem to have caught the most aggressive form of it.

"Officially" At least 94,000 people have been infected around the world and almost 3,200 have died, while 50,000 have recovered from the disease. But those "official numbers are grossly under-reported by at least two orders of magnitude.

The team of experts from Beijing and Shanghai said 70 per cent of people have caught the most aggressive strain of the virus but that this causes such bad illness that it struggled to spread since early January.

An older, milder strain seems to be becoming more common.

Knowing that the virus can mutate may make it harder to keep track of or to treat, and raises the prospect that recovered patients could become reinfected. Recovering from the milder strain DOES NOT give one immunity from the more aggressive strain.

The experts cautioned that the study that discovered the mutation only used a tiny amount of data – 103 samples – so more research is needed.

The research was done by experts at Peking University in Beijing, Shanghai University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In their study of genes in 103 samples of the coronavirus, which is named SARS-CoV-2 and causes a disease called COVID-19, they revealed they had discovered two distinct versions of it, which they named L and S.

They claimed that around 70 per cent of patients have caught the L strain, which is more aggressive and faster-spreading than S.

French government officials have ordered stores to STOP selling N-95, N-100 and P-100 Filter Masks to the public, unless the person has a PRESCRIPTION from a Doctor!

France (Update: AND Czech 

Republic) HALTS the sale of 

Masks to the general public; 

ONLY HEALTHCARE 

WORKERS

HalTurner,

4 March, 2020

The French government wants to assure that only Healthcare workers have such masks, and have sufficient quantities.

Asked if the French should buy masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus, the government spokesperson replied in the negative this morning. "We should not buy masks, and besides we can not buy them, since we have given pharmacies instructions so that they only distribute masks on medical prescription," commented Sibeth Ndiaye.

Aren't you glad this web site and radio show warned you FIVE WEEKS AGO to get those masks?

Governments have clearly begun deciding who lives and who dies during this coronavirus outbreak.  Guess whose lives they aim to protect?  NOT YOURS

UPDATE 10:25 AM EST --

Czech Republic bans most people from buying face masks

The Czech government has banned the sale of FFP3 medical face masks to anyone but healthcare and social care facilities, public health bodies, emergency rescue services and other state administration bodies.

The government said the FFP3 type of masks is most effective.

The move is an attempt by the government to stop people from panic-buying the protective gear and leaving medical professionals at risk.