03/14/2020
Here is some information I came across from a friend
A good read:
We are trying to slow the spread. It is not panic, it is a pre-emptive strike. Everyone should be following guidelines, and let’s take care of our vulnerable by not doing unnecessary things. It sucks that things have to get cancelled. But, it’s better if we don’t carry the virus all over the place.
Q: Why did OSU close until March 30, 2020?
From Sarah Holt:
A: Here's what's different from the flu and COVID19-there's a vaccine for flu. At OSU we have about a 65% flu vaccination rate that keeps our infection rates low. No vaccine for COVID19.
Any kind of viral pneumonia type disease is serious even when fatality rates are low. Survivors can still expect several days-weeks in hospital on respiratory support with fatigue and difficulty breathing after- can we all afford to take a month off work and have those kinds of hospital bills?
Added to, hospitals are already in peak season due to flu. Adding another flu-type virus to those systems overloads the resources. Even if people don't die from COVID directly, it reduces the resources for care for flu, car accidents, regular pneumonia, etc.
Social distancing measures slow the spread time, reducing that load on hospitals which allows them to provide care over time rather than overloading the available care providers, beds, medicines.
What we’re trying to do in Ohio right now is called “spreading
The curve” to balance the burden on available community health care resources.
Thanks for spreading the word all!
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