Corona and other diseases

[The Endless]

So what happens if it reaches the US, but those who might have it are afraid of going to the docs because they cant afford the medical Bill's? Will insurance cover the treatments etc?

 

[Teelie]

It would be expensive to treat even with insurance because medical care in the United States might be great but the cost and bureaucracy around it are the worst in the developed world.

 

[Sithborg]

We dead.

 

[terry78]

Duh

 

[Lilbaz]

So what happens if it reaches the US, but those who might have it are afraid of going to the docs because they cant afford the medical Bill's? Will insurance cover the treatments etc?

Getting cleared of coronavirus cost a Miami businessman more than $3,000 | Daily Mail Online

$3000 to be tested? People wont get tested and the virus will probably spread and get out of control.

 

[Lilbaz]

Been noticing in the uk that doctors offices and hospitals for the last few weeks have been urging people to get the flu jab. This is usually done before the start of winter.
Guessing this is trying to mitigate people getting the flu and panicking thinking they've got corona.

 

[terry78]

Now somebody in California apparently has it but claims they never traveled nor came into contact with anyone.

 

[Schlosser85]

Now somebody in California apparently has it but claims they never traveled nor came into contact with anyone.

They could have come into contact with someone and not known it.

 

[Schlosser85]

Not sure if this is connected, but this is after he went ahead with touching hands and kissing heads in St. Peter’s Square despite fears about the coronavirus outbreak and was later sneezing and coughing during Mass.

Pope cancels event due to 'illness' after touching hands and kissing heads at Vatican | Daily Mail Online

 

[Pennywise]

Coronavirus Live Updates: Cases Soar in Middle East and Europe; C.D.C. Calls for Testing More People

 

[Erzengel]

Now somebody in California apparently has it but claims they never traveled nor came into contact with anyone.

They could have come into contact with someone and not known it.

There has been a study that shows that it can survive on inanimate objects for up to 9 days.

 

[Schlosser85]

There has been a study that shows that it can survive on inanimate objects for up to 9 days.

Well that’s problematic.

 

[terry78]

That would do it.

 

[Iceman]

Well that’s problematic.

Vexing even?

 

[Iceman]

There has been a study that shows that it can survive on inanimate objects for up to 9 days.

Damn. Hard to protect yourself if that’s the case.

 

[terry78]

It explains a lot more now regarding how it's getting to so many people. We have a habit of touching every ****ing thing in our vicinity.

 

[Erzengel]

I should say that was one study. Another one said 30 minutes. But, if you were probably back tracked if this person did contract it, it was probably some surface. So don't touch things and then touch your face.

 

[Teelie]

That can include money. No one thinks about how much money gets touched. One good thing about using credit/debit cards is no money has to exchange hands.

 

[Lilbaz]

That can include money. No one thinks about how much money gets touched. One good thing about using credit/debit cards is no money has to exchange hands.

Stair rails. Lift buttons. Door handles etc...

 

[terry78]

 

[Sithborg]

In one of the rare instances of Fox doing good, they did have the perfect representation of why we are screwed.

 

[Pennywise]

A dog in Hong Kong tests positive for the coronavirus, WHO officials confirm

WTF?!

 

[Teelie]

That poor dog. And now with it species jumping again that is a bigger concern.

Stair rails. Lift buttons. Door handles etc...

The bigger difference is money travels. All of those things are stationary. You can't get infected by a door handle 1,000 miles away unlike a paper bill someone who was infected touched.

 

[terry78]

And we used to brush off Resident Evil scenarios back in the day.

 

[BoredGuy]

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