We're Going To Be Fine. Michael Levitt, Nobel Laureate and Stanford Biophysicist
LA Times: Why this Nobel laureate predicts a quicker coronavirus recovery: 'We're going to be fine'.
22 March.
"Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, began analyzing the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide in January and correctly calculated that China would get through the worst of its coronavirus outbreak long before many health experts had predicted.
Now he foresees a similar outcome in the United States and the rest of the world.
"What we need is to control the panic," he said. In the grand scheme, "we're going to be fine. ".
But he also blames the media for causing unnecessary panic by focusing on the relentless increase in the cumulative number of cases and spotlighting celebrities who contract the virus. By contrast, the flu has sickened 36 million Americans since September and killed an estimated 22,000, according to the CDC, but those deaths are largely unreported.
He fears the public health measures that have shut down large swaths of the economy could cause their own health catastrophe, as lost jobs lead to poverty and hopelessness. Time and again, researchers have seen that suicide rates go up when the economy spirals down. ".
[URL]https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-22/coronavirus-outbreak-nobel-laureate[/URL]
Those who stocked up on Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine can prevent Wuflu infection by taking the meds in advance to stop the virus from infecting them. Soon the meds will be available again in the pharmacies for those who didn't buy in time. Those who are in the high risk categories, such as Asians, elderly, or smokers, should definitely shelter themselves and stop all travel.
[QUOTE=Frogg;2437046]This is all fear mongering (no pun intended). Coronavirus isn't more deadly than the common flu, it's just more contagious due to those infected being asymptomatic for several days. The average age of the those dying is 78! Hospitals are being overwhelmed because many are getting contracted all at once due to contagiousness, but those are cases of people with serious existing health issues who were on their way out anyway. To think these people are going to live forever 'cause you stop going to the Hong Kong Club. You are more at risk of dying in a car crash than of this virus. Simply bolster your immune system, cause you're probably going to get it anyway and not even notice. Go out and have fun for your immune system's sake.[/QUOTE]