04-21-2020, 07:13 AM
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Originally posted by hokuili
You know, at some point the flu, the regular ol' flu, has got to feel like it's getting the short end of the stick...
One side benefit of the lock downs/social distancing going on due to covid19 will be a lot less flu illness and deaths too. It seems to be good sport around here to deride people for downplaying covid19 so turn about is fair play. Look how many people in Hawaii died from flu a couple years ago-over 600! https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/state...hawaii.htm
Flu is serious business too.
The article you linked from NYT re hypoxia with covid19 had one passage you left out that intrigued me: "Patients compensate for the low oxygen in their blood by breathing faster and deeper — and this happens without their realizing it."
How the fawk can someone not realize what's going on with their respiration? I don't get it.
For sure, that's the scariest aspect of this disease. Maybe a pulse oximeter and oxygen tank would be good items for the home emergency medical supplies.