Comments by "SK ONTHEROAD" (@skontheroad2666) on "Coronavirus: the symptoms, the risks and how to avoid being infected" video.

@Sarah-ok3xv Are we really trusting the news out of Iran? Even the new out of China is skeptical. They are not the first to ever admit to a mistake... I am almost relieved about the news and reaction out of Italy. These are friendly nations who want to work with us willingly and honestly to help their country as well as others.
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@pericodelospalotes5738 And we don't know yet of it can be transmitted via mosquitoes (or do we?). That is something I am sure they will want to know and be prepared for in humid countries, countries with rainy seasons, etc. Although atleast the African countries know how to quarantine. Latin America less so.
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@shrekwazowski8199 Donate masks to China?? What about the rest of the world? The Chinese have enough people to build hospitals in ONE week. Let those who can, in cities where it is safe, go back to work and they will be able to produce enough masks for the world. Even, more specifically, the ones that are actually appropriate for this epidemic. THAT would be more helpful than trying to get people to donate masks that are not even all that effective, and ship them back to Çhina.
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They ALWAYS have a lot of pollution there, even in a good day. They are famous for it. It is difficult to travel to Beijing in the best of situations and not get sick with a respiratory problem.
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@CC-mr5xq I watched Peak Prosperity up until he made a comment with a huge medical error. Which, in this case, was extremely irresponsible to the point of being dangerous. Whether he mispoke or was just unclear in what he was trying to explain, which is actually a very simple concept for those who understand medicine--and if he understood the gravity of the error, he would not have been so cavalier with the info--all I learned is that it is just one more website that you cannot trust. And beyond that, he is there solely for the purpose to inform and educate and seems to have a lot of subscribers. That in itself scares me!
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@lorefreedom6386 Yes, and that is what I was asking about. What people seem to be so bothered by? We all know by now that the info we are getting out of China is not reliable. You don't need to be a doctor to know that much.
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@CC-mr5xq It happens to be a sore spot with me--it makes me nuts when people do this, in all fairness.... but he was not clear while he was explaining something (I listened 2x to be sure). As he was showing a chart last week, he insinuated that people who were mildly ill with a virus might simply be sent home with antibiotics. You cannot take antibiotics for a virus!!! Many people misunderstand that, which leads to people taking old antibiotics from their shelf at home, or getting some from a friend, then not taking the full 7 or 10 day course, which can then lead that antibiotic to no longer being effective should you actually need it later. That is how we will end up with antibiotic resistant strains of bacterial infections. Or Superbugs. It is a much bigger problem than people realize. My MIL gets the flu every winter and always asks him to write her an rx for an antibiotic and he has to go over basic pharmacology with her every year... makes me nuts! Sorry, but it is a simple concept. People should be clear online about it lest they spread misinformation.
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@shrekwazowski8199 If more people in vulnerable areas would wear them before there was an outbreak, we may be able to contain them better. And once we do need our masks, then what? The general US public (and world) does not feel that China helped us. We don't even feel we are getting real numbers and reports. China has/had their fair share of masks. Depleting the world's stock on masks in order to send them back to China, when ours are not even the proper kind, seems very counterintuitive and a big waste of time and money. We need to worry about ourselves right now and focus on what we should do next. China is not our priority.
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What is scary is that one report about Italy said that the man who died had had contact with someone who had traveled to China in January!
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@conorwhite2889 Which source? I saw the report about the assassination of the North Korean who broke his quarantine --that was fairly well reported by the West. Where and why are they burning "bodies"--and while that was plural, how many did they report? Not that ppl come into contact with North Koreans on a regular basis...
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Pollution doesn't just go away overnight, first of all. And secondly, what is it exactly that you are bothered by? That Communist China is lying to us about something (big surprise) or that they are burning bodies to begin with (which is called vector control in this case)? Burying them could let the virus stay dormant in the ground. Cremation is safer.
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@imateapot51 Please do not invoke the AIDS crisis in Manhattan of the 1980's unless you actually lived through it (as I did). I don't have the time or energy to educate you on what that was like (there are plenty of shows on tv that actually come pretty close). I also don't want to go over what it is like coming back from Africa during the Ebola crisis, being sick, isolated in a major US hospital bc they couldn't wrap their brain around the fact that I was working in WEST Africa, not East, until the CDC got involved and took over. Trust in the CDC. Trump has very little to do with this so why bring it up? And we don't live in China, nor can we really verify the info the choose to share. It is almost as if we will have to start all over again once the Western world is affected to figure out how to treat and cure this disease. Unless you somehow believe that Trump and China are the same thing and that Trump, in an election year, would want the same outcome as communist China had??
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@imateapot51 That is the problem. Not only do we not know what the disease will do, there has never been a global wide pandemic, so it is unclear, even to the governments, what to do. We now know a little about what NOT to do. Hopefully you live in one of the cities with hospitals that are prepared, yet won't need to use it! When I was quarantined in the hospital, there was only one very kind nurse who would even come into my room to take my temp, etc. Bc she was from Ethiopia and knew that whatever I had, it was NOT Ebola and she was not scared. Everyone else was. That is the other part of the equation--will there be enough trained staff who will be able and willing to treat the sick? Hopefully yes. And yes, the CDC is a government agency but I would not waste your time mixing your feelings about Trump with your worries about the efficacy of the CDC. They are a well run, very thorough organization (almost annoyingly so, they called so often to follow up on me). I cannot donate blood unfortunately but yes, bc of what went on in the 80's, I would still be hesitant should I need blood or a transfusion. It was a harrowing thought back then, but presumably the supply now is much more carefully screened and controlled.
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@byttlejuice145 Correct, Coronavirus cannot be contracted via mosquitoes. Unlike Dengue, or West Nile, where the vector for both, is a mosquito (and a specific species of mosquito at that.). I have contracted both. From mosquitoes. From different countries, at different times. It is Dengue that now makes me high risk, as Dengue can reoccur should I have a respiratory infection (whereas West Nile cannot reoccurand does not make me high risk). It was when I contracted West Nile after a trip to Africa, that the CDC discovered from my test and my tithers that I had contracted Dengue seven months prior in Rio. Also note it took the CDC 7 days to give me a diagnosis. And by then, I had already, stupidly, I now admit, I had left the hospital as I then felt fine and could not take it anymore as I had 4 kids to get home to...I wouldn't do that again, but luckily I was not contagious. At any point. They did follow up relentlessly, I will say. To the point that I stopped calling back. Something else I feel bad about! (Pls note I am not sure what you read that was unclear but please let me know so I can clarify it. Whatever I wrote was clearly misunderstood as I am always very clear on each disease, my history and experience, and the disease's vector.) Thanks!
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@byttlejuice145 Just fyi, also note I am married to a veterinary surgeon, which is why we were in these countries, doing non for profit work (we own an animal hospital). But as these diseases start in animals and unfortunately jump species, it really starts with the epidiomologic work of veterinarians and the studies of zoonotic diseases first, before we can understand it's effect in humans. Luckily there are plenty of DVMs on staff at the CDC and WHO.
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