Critical Care Doctor Perspective on COVID 19

This is great, thank you for sharing. A few things I learned:

- Demographic: In China, the people who didn't survive are the older population. The reason is comorbidities. China isn't similar to USA in demographic. In USA, we get comorbidities early in our age group (20s-40s). What affected the older people in China does not correlate to our population. Our population has more disease at an earlier age. So, it doesn't mean it'll only be the old people who are susceptible.

- Infectivity: The virus infects people by shedding droplet spreads (sneezing, coughing, breathing). It goes out and falls onto a surface and the strand survives on it for an average of 9 days. If you touch the surface, you'll likely get it. When you do get it, it last 20 days in your body. The virus goes inside your cell, replicate, and make more copies of itself. You'll release it in your secretion and whatever surface you touch the virus will have a 9 day period on it as well.

- Size: The size of the virus is 0.08 to .15 microns, which is smaller than the microscopic holes of the N95 mask.

- Particle: The particles goes super deep into you. It goes into your respiratory tract such as bronchioles and replicate down there.

- Kids: Kids do not have the core abilities adults have, so they're less susceptible. But they can be healthy carriers and spread the disease.

- Supplies: If everyone gets infected, doors will bust open, and hospitals do not have enough ventilators or respirators. Doctors must make decision on who gets the event and who doesn't base on w/e.

- GDI thoroughly wash your hands with soap, avoid large crowds and social distance

- We're trailing behind, and the virus is changing as we're learning more about it

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