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Mar 11, 2020 9:24 PM CST
Name: Evelyn
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EscondidoCal said:
Very informative (& alarming) article.
The bottom line is it's exponential, so things can go downhill fast.
So be prepared as much as possible as soon as possible, calmly.

On the positive side, this graphic helps keep it in perspective:
Thumb of 2020-03-12/EscondidoCal/c73380

The symptoms are essentially like the flu with possibly 10X greater mortality, but that varies with age & individual's health & immune system. Secondary bacterial infections will complicate it and contribute to fatalities.

We're doing all we can to avoid it within reason.
I'm 75, so at high risk for it, but am still not that worried about getting it.

Every day's a gift. Smiling


Cal ~ I am 78 and I got my pneumonia vaccine yesterday. I read that one of the complications of this infection is getting a secondary infection of pneumonia. Normally, I don't even get flu shots as I usually have a reaction with them. Luckily I did not have any problem with this vaccine.
"Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson

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