i wouldnt go that far, suburbs are a great place for families in general. a lot of people have worked hard for most of their lives to be able to have a nice suburban dwelling with a yard and a fence and there’s little wrong with that imo. a little stepfordy for my taste but maybe ill shift my views in a decade or so

that said yeah its the first area to snap when anything goes wrong.

Hmm does this look like the flu? Military trucks line up to pick up the dead. Almost 500 Italians died wednesday

Yeah, i was thinking about this, i see no other magical explanation. I guess we can also say that americans are so afraid to pay it they only go in when they are about to die
I do know numbers for germany spain etc; Germany has really a great ICU structure. And Sweden has the lowest !

I think a great part of these ICU in US are "reserved" for a whole class of people, due the delirious cost, in very private hospitals.
The "healthcare index/ranking" is based on something else anyway since France is 5th, Germany 17th, and US 30.

Really worried France get the same issue than Italy at some point now, but almost sure the relative containment (people can still go to work after all) will cut off the progression after 2-3 weeks.

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Zhejiang University's Medical Centre just published a Handbook for healthcare professionals: https://video-intl.alicdn.com/Handbook%20of%20COVID-19%20Prevention%20and%20Treatment.pdf

I guess it's no surprise at this point, but Conte has now confirmed that Italy's quarantine will extend beyond the 3rd of April.

Financial markets can crash their mothers but people continue to work, for sure the global activity is slowed and some unemployment occurs, on the other hand the whole structure of society is kept, everything is kept.
This will be a special event in the memory of children, who will not go back to school for the next months.
We can also expect an increase of domestic violence.

that vid, wtf, absurd humor

Yeah, domestic violence should spike, unfortunately... although, on the plus side, the drunkard husband that likes to beat his wife after spending the day in the bar will have to stay home, so maybe that will help. They'll also be happy to know that their wife is caged at home, so there should be a decrease in jealousy, which is one of the main reasons for domestic violence. Domestic violence in the form of rape could rise though, as those monstrous husbands won't be able to go to brothels.

Expect complete lockdown in the US except hospital work and grocery trips within 48 hours.

good maybe them younger groups will start saying opps instead of oh won't effect me....