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originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: 2020blows
Why didnt they do any of this with Sars or MERS or swine flu or H1N1.
SARS didn't make it to the US. MERS didn't either (except for 2 cases).
Swine flu (which is H1N1) is an influeza virus. We have influenza vaccines.
originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: carewemust
Maybe you forgot about Rod Rosensteins sister?
"Nancy Messonnier (née Rosenstein; born November 1965) is an American physician who serves as the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is working on the CDC response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States."
Swine flu was a brand new Novel virus .
Over the course of a year, we still have time. But the mitigation measures seem to help.
And had 60 million cases in the US.
I don't know.
Did everyone that died with swine flu get counted as a swine flu death?
originally posted by: TXRabbit
Serious question - why would the federal gov offer so much money for each Covid-related hospitalization and/or death? Why is it incentivized so?
More at: www.hhs.gov...
Provider Relief Fund: Key Facts for Providers
Qualified health care service and support providers now have access to relief funds for appropriate expenses, lost revenue due to COVID-19, or to help uninsured Americans get testing and treatment for COVID-19.
Through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (PPPCHE), the federal government has allocated $175 billion in payments to be distributed through the Provider Relief Fund (PRF).
These payments do not need to be repaid to the US government, assuming providers comply with the terms and conditions.
Note: Applications are currently open for Phase 2 General Distribution funding for Medicaid, Medicaid managed care, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), dental providers, and certain Medicare providers.
All groups will have until Friday, August 28, 2020 to apply.
It's called the "Provider Relief Fund". Here's how Health and Human Services (HHS) describes it:
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Breakthestreak
The wuflu is most definitely NOT a ‘pandemic’
Actually, it is.
en.wikipedia.org...
A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν, pan, "all" and δῆμος, demos, "people") is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people.
At the time of this report, is the case:
( ) Probable ( ) Confirmed
The cumulative burden of burden of influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus from 2009 – 2018 is an estimate of the number of people who have been sick, seen a healthcare provider, been hospitalized, or died as a result of influenza A H1N1pdm09 since it first began spreading in humans in 2009. CDC does not know the exact number of people who have been sick and affected by influenza because influenza is not a reportable disease in most areas of the United States. Therefore, these numbers are estimated using a mathematical model, based on observed rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: 2020blows
Why didnt they do any of this with Sars or MERS or swine flu or H1N1.
SARS didn't make it to the US. MERS didn't either (except for 2 cases).
Swine flu (which is H1N1) is an influeza virus. We have influenza vaccines.