james bond
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Most people will have to get this and survive, which they will, in order to truly beat it. I know many that have gotten it, friends and family, that had it and are now over it, without hospitalization. Hopefully we will save enough of the vulnerable on this run around before the next time, when we will be ready for it. The 30 day "social distancing" was to get the hospitals ready with beds and equipment for the rush that will occur when we open up the economy. This virus will go away in a few months when the weather gets hot, the question is will we have a country and an economy left. Trump is doing a very good job striking the delicate balance.
I suppose I disagree and that is because of the sticky substance that COVID-19 leaves on one's lungs. It's isn't something that we can expectorate through phlegm. When one gets the regular flu, they'll usually have a clear substance drip out of their nose. This respiratory virus is different. I think it has mutated so that its residue stays on the lungs for a while so that catching a second wave would make one with an "underlying condition." It think it's a killer virus at its worst and has mutated. It wants to get to our lungs in order to thrive. That's where it can thrive the best and then still be able to pass it on. Doctors who do autopsies have a hard time doing it without endangering themselves so it may not be done. I think by law one has to do an autopsy if the patient dies in the hospital, but this is being waived.
Some doctors will have to do the autopsies. It's the only way we can learn more about this virus and come up with a way to defeat it. The doctors now are learning enough just in order to help a patient to breathe when they have it in their lungs.
One of the ways you know you have the sticky substance is that you find it hard to breathe. You won't be able to go far. It will feel like an elephant is sitting on your chest or when you breathe your lungs are filled with glass. These are clear symptoms that you need to get to a hospital.