
Originally Posted by
kiffertom
here is my update. the woman i know who has/had the virus started showing symptoms on the 17th of march. i spoke with her 3 days ago and she said she was finally doing better. she went to the hospital last wednesday because she was still feeeling horrible. she said the er was empty. she also said she has never been through anything this badly.the other person is a male who lives in amsterdam. caught it along with 2 friends while skiing in austria. last i heard about 4 days ago he was released from the hospital but readmitted cause he couldnt breathe. still waiting on more news. i spoke with a friend who is a nurse at the local VA hospital. he said they have 4 people on ventilators but couldnt tell me how many other people were in the hospital with the virus. he said this is just the beginning we havent seen anything yet. another friend whose daughter is a nurse told me that she was sent home to self quarrantine after having 2 patients with the virus. yesterday i spoke with a friend of mine who is a doctor in a small town. he said the hospital called him and ask him if he would volunteer to help out when things started getting bad.the peak here is suppose to be around may 15th. if you know anything about exponential growth you should know nothing really matters until the last 4 or 5 doublings. i know for a fact it is here. i myself am still miffed about the NY hospitals and the EMT's comments. we will all know if this is bullshit or not by the end of april as we will be able to see the outcome from exponential growth.