I'm doomed.
I nearly died twice in my life from the ordinary flu and this one is 20 times stronger.

From Peak Prosperity? Are they medical professionals? Nope. Just an investment blog.

And you obviously haven't kept up to date.

"For example, it’s looking like the majority of folks who get the virus will not be contagious for as long as previously feared.

And, it looks like good ol’ hand soap is surprisingly effective at inactivating covid-19. So wash your hands — a lot!!

While the data continues to show the vast bulk of coronavirus infections lie ahead of us, there is much each of us can do to avoid becoming a victim ourselves, and to help slow the outbreak’s rate of spread."

unless you're already knocking on deaths door, relax. It won't hurt to much.

Mamma Mia!!!

The Italians are mooting an age limit on those given intensive care for the Corona Virus treatment. 

'Catastrophe medicine': Top Italian health agency may 'place an age limit' on coronavirus care

As Italy struggles to contain the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus, a leading health agency in the country has suggested intensive care units to treat young people in their wards before the elderly.

The Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, or SAARI, published guidance this week instructing healthcare providers to bypass the standard policy of "first come first served," and instead prioritize patients who have the best chance of survival. The agency urged ICUs to treat the epidemic with "catastrophe medicine" guidelines, which are only ever used in times of war or natural disaster.

"It may be necessary to place an age limit on admission to intensive care," read the guidelines from SAARI. "This is not a value judgment but a way to provide extremely scarce resources to those who have the highest likelihood of survival and could enjoy the largest number of life-years saved."

The death toll in Italy rose sharply on Wednesday when the country announced a dramatic increase from 196 to 827 dead as the country has moved to limit exposure through quarantines. The sudden increase comes as the global count for deaths spiked over 4,000 this week, with more than 100,000 persons infected worldwide.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/catastrophe-medicine-top-italian-health-...

Ok So it isn't Adam Taggart who writes the column but his business partner.

From Mother Jones website.

"One popular series on the virus is produced by a personal finance guru with a history of pushing economic theories about peak oil and other resource crunches, but who has recently rebranded as a pandemic expert as news coverage of the virus has exploded."

"While Martenson calls himself a scientist in the video’s titles, his claim to the label is, according to him, based on a 1994 PhD from Duke’s Department of Pathology where he specialized in toxicology. While he published scientific research in the ’90s, for at least the last decade Martenson has focused on predicting stagflation and other large shifts in financial markets."

"In the four days since that video’s release, Martenson has uploaded six other coronavirus videos that, together, have amassed over a million views. A social media analytics website, Social Blade, shows a spike in new subscribers—in a radical jump from his normal rate, he earned over 12,000 in the past week. "

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/coronavirus-youtube-creators/

So nothing recent then, but it does explain your gloom and doom scenarios.

cods wrote on Mar 12^th, 2020 at 5:20pm:



That means a lot of widows.


Australia's population 25 million.
At a 60% infection rate and a 1% mortality rate that's
150,000 people dead in Australia.

greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 12^th, 2020 at 7:54pm:



It's a standard calculation all over the internet.