FYI from my brother the ER doc if interested:
Hey guys, I have been meaning to send a text out to you especially after the meeting I had this morning with the other doctors at my hospital (by phone). It was all about the coronavirus. Initially I think we all felt this was just a dumb virus and there was a lot of social over reactions, however we are seeing two things happening, number one this is more deadly and more contagious than influenza by a long shot, And hospitals are already being overwhelmed. People are getting very sick, and especially the elderly, by which I mean anyone older than 65.
All of the data shows that by decreasing the rate of spread we will prevent the high spike in transmission which will help hospitals not be overwhelmed. Which helps people not die.
New data shows about 25% of infected patients don’t have symptoms, but they are highly infectious. Especially in the first week of infection.
We are also now realizing that there are likely thousands of true positive cases that aren’t reported, and I think we will all have friends or family that end up being infected by this virus.
My guidance Would be to not have any get togethers. I think we need to understand how serious this really is.
Happy to discuss this further and answer any questions. It is a daily change of information, the situation is very fluid.