Hubby works in the health care industry and wrote this up to post on FB since people in our area were starting to get panicky. Oh, and also not here to debate vaccinations.
Just sharing perspective...
And in other news one of the US citizens being held at March Air Reserve Base tried to sneak out.
Thankful they diverted to MARB instead of ONT as we all joked they’d likely have escaped ONT. Anyhow here’s his write up:
2019-Novel Coronavirus (from CDC/WHO data): as of 1/30/2020
- 6065 total confirmed cases of which 5997 are inside China.
- 132 deaths, of which ALL are inside China. 2% mortality rate.
- 5 confirmed cases in the US with 2 in California: 1 in LA County and 1 in Orange County.
This is a serious disease with a plausible, possible potential to affect world populations.
Should you be aware? ... Yes.
Should you be concerned? ... no, not at this time.
Have any of the US citizens who arrived on the chartered flight from Wuhan, China to March Air Reserve Base shown any symptoms of the Coronavirus? ... No, they were all evacuated from Wuhan and are being monitored by the Riverside Public Health Department for at least 14 days to confirm no active infections.
NOW let’s take a look at the CDC’s information regarding the 2019-2020 Influenza (as of 1/18/2020):
- Estimated at least 15 MILLION cases this season, in the US, alone!
- More than 140,000 hospitalizations attributed to influenza.
- 88% of influenza cases are in individuals younger than 65 years old with only 12% in seniors. This has allowed the associated mortality rate to be slightly lower than normal, but the influenza rate continues to rise.
- At least 8,200 deaths, of which 54 pediatric deaths, have been attributed to influenza. About a 7% mortality rate.
Should you be aware? ... YES.
Should you be concerned? ... VERY!
Should you have had your Flu vaccine already? ... Absolutely!
Is it too late to still get your Flu vaccine? ... NO, go get it ASAP!!