Critical Analysis: The
Breaking Point for Hospitals,
Health Care, Countries
and
Civilization
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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