Infectious Disease Expert: Half Of America Is Likely To Catch Coronavirus | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

Dr. Amesh Adalja, an expert in emergency medicine and infectious diseases, explains the rate of infection the American population is likely to see from coronavirus. Aired on 3/11/2020.
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Infectious Disease Expert: Half Of America Is Likely To Catch Coronavirus | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

103 comments

    1. @Eastern Woods Yes! Its a bit technical but, the presenter is an expert and, unlike many experts, is an excellent teacher.

    1. @Kevin Willis The fact that you bring Trump into this when everyone else is talking about the general population being ignorant just shows you are apart of the general population. Also quit your whining and accept the fact that he is your president.

    2. To the extent ignorance is responsible it is the Chinese’s: We weren’t the ones who decided to put chickens, bats, civets, dogs, and snakes into a bdsm, disease riddled hellscape that almost seems designed to breed diseases.

      Dude, you realize that globalization, travel, and the desire to interact with and learn from other cultures is responsible for the spread of this? If people didn’t travel for mere tourism, this would be much less wide spread. I am not saying tourism is wrong, but just that it literally was people seeking first hand knowledge of other places that is largely spreading this. It is the opposite of ignorance.

      This is the cost of globalization.

    3. @Elijah Logobizaar Good point, Elijah! Once the Chinese market initiated it all, my anti-science positions, the rampant anti-vaxxers in the U.S., the lack of general science education, the fact that I didn’t want those German test kits for … reasons, my stooges being completely incompetent at their jobs, my pretending it would go away like a miracle–all of these things had no effect and have no culpability at all! The ignorance started and stopped in China! I love your thinking! This is why there is absolutely no difference between the nations of the world in infection numbers and death rates! Every government is the same! Other than China! All their fault!

    4. HiddenWen Coronavirus started in China and the Chinese government tried to conceal reports of infections from the world. All Coronavirus deaths around the world are on China’s hands.

    1. @Hope Faith what’s the matter ? You don’t want people to leave this world to meet their maker

    2. Most profitable way to reduce Social Security expenses, ya think? Profit on health care, profit on funerals.

    3. @Champagne davy ah hahahahaha! Wrong boo! So wrong. I just have the greater intelligence of the two of us.

    1. Right bc those people with the corona virus wont know they have it until 12 days so that means those 12 days there gonna be everywhere..

    2. @LifeWith chelley Yes, that’s why wearing a mask is effective!
      We don’t know who got infected and this virus is extremely contagious even in the beginning of stage!!!
      Any countries tell people not to wearing the protective masks even in cluster area ( ex: subways, trains, etc) have to fight with this pendemic longer and deeper!!!

    3. @벨에스프맅 true, there are at least 5 strains of the virus identified and one infection doesn’t protect you from the others.

    4. If a quarter get infected, half will get infected, and all will get infected. I am not sure your logic holds up.

  1. With the advent of FaceTime and video-chat, being under quarantine is a lot less lonely than it was in pre-cell phone eras.

    1. Superlative CG
      and quarantine is completely unnecessary in the first place, so we really have nothing to worry about. we dont even really have to worry about being quarantined. some looks on the bright side 🙂

    2. Boo CaCa98 it isn’t unnecessary. If people didn’t get quarantined, there would be less confirmed cases, but more cases nonetheless. The thing is that your grandparents probably will die or be in critical condition if they get it unless they are perfectly fine. We need to be careful.

    3. Until they pull the plug on the internet to hide the mortality rate…..ssshhhh….who said that?😥🖥😥

    4. zap RL you can be 100 years old and as long as youre healthy youll be fine. COVID 19 specializes in immune systems that already have problems, meaning not all old people will die, just the ones that already have stuff going on

    1. Just make sure you put it all on your toetags and email it to them BEFORE shipping yourself to the nearest medical facility in a bodybag. Also, keep that surprise cake in its container…NO SAMPLING.

    2. Very true; I’ve literally had doctors ecstatic over my little “notes” that I’ve taken in my young adult years as a heart condition has worsened from time to time (I was born with a “leaky valve” to put it in layperson’s terms, and it is replaced from time to time as it deteriorates, to put it very generally).

    1. Garden Joy Well that’s your opinion, but I still heard that 70-80% getting infected, but according to Expert Trump it’s just 50% , the same Expert Trump who said just 15 cases and they’re doing well 2 days later the first patient dies. Something Trump did that was absolutely right . Is blocking flights from Europe, but i m o all travel that ain’t necessary should be banned worldwide. Edit when I say Worldwide I meant all travel including domestic travel a 100% lock down just like the one that China did, but I doubt that people would accept that.

    2. @Reuben Handel Coronavirus spreads more readily than the seasonal flu. That’s how exponential growth works.

    3. @Orome there is no scientific basis for that claim.
      If there were, then more people would have this than the regular flu

  2. There’s kids out there that think cuz your black you don’t get the coronavirus 💀💀😂.. and they truly believe that lol

    1. I’m Jay that’s ok kids are kids they believe anything and everything it’s sad when the adults believe it

    2. @Andrew Parker Africa will be just fine its those of you with that neanderthal dna that need to worry

    1. @Ash Roskell Those guys built US, once they and their children are gone US will be a third world country

    2. @Kong The population of the US is 327M. The world population is unfortunately 7.7B. How are you calculating 100M given a one percent death rate among those infected? And “per year,” since viruses don’t work that way?

    3. @William Norman I’m of course talking about the world USA ain’t all that you know.

      But USA may have more deaths because of diabetes obesity and such but at 2-3% that is about 1-2 million dead per yr

    1. @The Extraterrestrial . . Good news people with homes have also dropped to . . . . People with homes are dying from this disease also . . . In case you haven’t noticed stupid . !!!!!

    2. @conte tomeck . . . I see why you have no llikes or comments about what you said . . . Because it’s about as stupid as you are . . . . So do the world a favor and just shut up . !!!!!

    3. @Fred Wilkerson USA as not testing kits as todat no hospitals are ready in USA see the airport tons of persons in lines for over 5 hours they are 1 000’s of infected in USA geeeee your a dummies men I speak Chinese french end some english I see news from every countrys LOL why america is so limitated like Trump !!!!!!!!!

  3. I like statistics: However they do not matter if you die, no matter what the statistics are you are still dead.

    1. @GGO 80 It is not but if it turns into pneumonia I will be dead. For one thing I need a heart transplant.

    2. Judith Aldridge you rest in gods hands. he will take you at the time he decides is right. trust in jesus and all things are possible

    1. Mia D.. pls don’t panic. Everything is under control. Just wash your hands twice every minute for twenty secs

    1. @Box your head off well crud, I had the flu (at least I hope it was the flu) a while ago. I self isolated for a week though like a good boy.

    2. @RyanTheGeek yes they mention only the patients that was see in an hospital !!!!!!!!!!!! not the real numbers that is very scarry ! In Cordellia close to the military base I know 3 persons sick 1 friend in SF sick they are told to stay home because they dont have any testing kits to check as of marsh 12 2020 and why asia have them and other countrys have them but not USA only as todat 5000 testing kits and not even complited !!!!!!!!!!!! no hospitals have testing kits as today maby in a week !!!!!!!!!!

  4. I’m disappointed in all the comments. Not one person mentioned how thanos is trying to remove half of us

  5. I was at the mall and a girl dropped her hand sanitizer. I couldn’t tell if people grabbing it were trying to help her pick it up or trying to snatch it.

    1. Here in Australia they have been stolen from workplaces and shopping centres, my work has chains on 5 bottles

  6. CAN’T DO MUCH IF THERE ARE NO TESTS ….if only there was a pandemic response team trained to deal with such things….

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