Christopher Mores, public health professor at George Washington University, talks with Rachel Maddow about the lethality rate and the transmission rate of coronavirus, and what that means about how the virus is understood separate from the spin of people interested in characterizing the response needs. Aired on 02/26/20.
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Rates Of Lethality, Transmission Shape Coronavirus Concerns | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
How can a country without universal healthcare control a virus when many can’t afford to go to a doctor and many many more have been persuaded to disbelieve science.
I blame autocorrect for my Deutsch
@Dmitri Fukov You mean the wall that has hardly been built, and what has is being pilfered for scrap metal or is falling over?
PS: Airports are the most likely way for Conrona to enter the country, not the border.
@Drake Fire actually the aging boxer fence and protection is not only being upgraded and replaced but more is being added because despite the democrats ineffective attempts to prevent it.
Second, yes I do agree that air travel represents a significant contribution to the spread of the disease but again the scotus has upheld the travel ban which should have been implemented from inception.
Yet it’s the left that firmly believes that chromosomes have no influence on gender and gender is a “social construct” and fetuses aren’t a viable lifeform and a clump of cells therefore can be aborted on demand yet all life is scientifically proven to consist of a clump of cells
Yeah us trump supporters deny science, yeah right
@Dmitri Fukov https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/strong-winds-collapse-us-border-wall-68637040
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082709_border_fence_scrap/border-fence-being-sold-as-scrap-metal/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/test-steel-prototype-border-wall-showed-it-could-be-sawed-n956856
Try again.
I know you don’t care about facts, but this is sad.
What will Trump do if they cancel his rallies
Heh, I maintain they’ve been worshiping a man with these traits and been literally trained to ignore facts their entire lives, but I get what you’re saying. They can’t maintain that facade of moral superiority that christians claim.
claim he needs another 2~3 years in power to let America get over it…a free pass
Considering how old his attendees are they might already be dead from the virus in a month or two.
Yes, that will be a real test of loyalty. Getting sneezed on by a MAGA type.
Pay people to show up….
I thought that Korean lady infected hundreds in her church ?
THANKS! for leaving out the Chris H. outro! watching TRMS clips my finger always hovers nervously above the mouse button, ready to stop the clip when that screechy little voice comes on. imagine the pleasant surprise when I could just relax at the end of this one. I wish this weren’t just an oversight :/
Magnus Wurzer …When he says “just below me” it sounds like something else and makes me laugh and fact they haven’t taken it down for that reason alone is hilarious.
Disease spreads faster in high density areas so of course it spreads faster in China.
And major cities. Most countries have at least two large metropolis, what can lead to some pretty quick spreading.
corthew Good point. Still…. 😬
Top that with what now seems to be, a lot of carriers going up to almost 4 weeks before symthoms. And the biggest travel-season in the world, Chinese new year, with close to half a billion people crammed through crowded places and transport going to, from and within China – all at the first real public outpreak of this. The timing was unfortunate to say the least.
Steve Bannon be careful as you wanted the govt. dismantled and the CDC was!
spencer Clay The far right is only “little to no government” when it serves them. Look at our drug policy, The War on Terror, pushing our schools toward a Biblical curriculum, etc.
Massive irony if the trump maladministration gets corona.
@me well lets hope trump gets what he deserves.
I don’t like the new Walking Dead season.
The president’s budgets only increase the budget deficit and national debt while at the same cutting back on SS, Medicare and Medicaid which are vital to Americans especially on the cusp of a pandemic.
fascinating new questioning, like lethality
That 2% mortality rate is a figure which should be concerning since, if that figure is accurate and if the spread of the virus is completely unchecked in the United States it would mean the death of 6.6 million people. And there is good reason to believe that the virus’s spread would be unchecked in the United States for a variety of reasons: a wide spread attitude of paranoia and contempt for government and experts which would render quarantines ineffective: an inadequate social safety net which means people cannot afford to not be working; and an inadequate medical system which puts people at the mercy of profit driven unscrupulous corporations – private medical insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies.Indeed, those latter factors would likely make the mortality rate even greater given two other preliminary statistics related to this virus: in 80% of cases the illness is relatively mild so people are able to conduct themselves in denial while in 20% of cases the illness is severe enough as to require medical treatment which just isn’t an option for many people, co-pays, deductibles, out-of-network fees, the high cost of pharmaceuticals being what they are coupled with a populace that is living from paycheck to paycheck as is.
You haven’t been able to address the extent of the asymptomatic population., nor the genetic predisposition of the Chinese population.
Doc Tom You’re not a real doctor now are you? Because, you are wrong on the first point and your second is complete nonsense.
“I am pardoning Chris Watts. He is a really nice guy, everyone says so, and he has been unfairly treated by those worthless kids, the media, and that lying woman.”
I’d suggest watching the movie Contagion. Seems quite similar to real life right now.
No thank you.
Two percent mortality rate is like Hep A in adults, Measles and full-blown smallpox territory. With modern western medical treatment available.
Pence in charge will pray over it, behind closed walls screaming through a gas mask.
Amen, Bro
While trying to electro-shock the virus away.
Somebody get this man a glass of water.
Headphones listeners know what im talking about
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Depends on your prayers…
“I don’t see the necessity of causing panic over this Coronavirus, God will only take those who are weak in faith so it’s best to let it play out” – Mike Pence
Muno Redman – if only god were not a mental figment of the imagination because most of the ape-like thought process of this world is based on a fear of death?