German Chancellor Angela Merkel was blunt Wednesday in her assessment of how coronavirus will impact her nation: A vast majority of people in Germany will get coronavirus, and there is little or nothing anyone can do about that right now.

What did she say?

“When the virus is out there, the population has no immunity and no therapy exists, then 60 to 70% of the population will be infected,” Merkel said, Reuters reported. “The process has to be focused on not overburdening the health system by slowing the virus’s spread … It’s about winning time.”

Potential impact

Germany has a population of about 82 million. Merkel is predicting that more than 57 million people in Germany will be infected with the coronavirus. Mortality rates are hard to nail down right now due to the variables of different nations and a continuing lack of adequate testing capability in some places, but even a conservative death rate applied to Merkel’s prediction means that more than half a million Germans could die from the virus.

The virus is especially dangerous for elderly people and those with pre-existing respiratory or immune system issues. In many patients, especially younger ones, the virus may cause only minor symptoms and present no danger.

For some context, Italy has more than 10,000 cases right now, and 631 people have died. The virus is so uncontrolled in Italy right now that the entire country is now under quarantine. Germany has 1,565 cases and three deaths so far.

Don’t panic?

Some, like Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis, feel that Merkel’s alarming outlook on coronavirus will just create unnecessary panic, CNBC reported.

Preview of what’s to come?

The dangerous situation in Europe has caused concern in the United States about what may be coming in the United States, where the virus appears to be spreading rapidly and the ability to test people for it has not yet caught up to demand.

In the U.S., 32 people have died of coronavirus, and there are more than 1,000 known cases.

“I can say we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Wednesday morning according to CBS News.

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To help stop the virus from spreading, health experts have been calling on the government to speed up the testing process to identify COVID-19 and help patients get treatments earlier. But a much faster approach may soon be needed after doctors discovered in hard-hit Washington that some patients died even without developing symptoms of coronavirus infection.

Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, said that 15 patients recently died of COVID-19 “in just a matter of a few hours” without symptoms. The facility is also monitoring dozens of its workers that have been infected, while 55 residents are scheduled for testing.

“It was surprising and shocking to us that we have seen that level of escalation from symptoms to death,” Tim Killian, a spokesperson for Life Care Center, said.

Life Care is known as the epicenter of Washington state’s coronavirus outbreak. Washington recorded the second-highest number of COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S., following New York with 142 confirmed cases but zero deaths.

However, Life Care has been facing challenges to contain the virus. The facility lacks test kits amid the rapidly growing number of patients, The New York Times reported.

Health experts said that Life Care needs to be prioritized since it mainly serves as home to the elderly. Older people have a high risk of developing serious complications or even death because of weaker immune systems and preexisting health problems like diabetes, heart disease, and lung problems.

To help address the issue, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced that he plans to implement mandatory measures that would help keep people apart and reduce transmission of the virus, The New York Times reported. The decision comes after federal health authorities reported community spread or infections with no known link to foreign travel.

“Don’t go to crowded places, think twice before a long plane trip, and for goodness sake don’t go on any cruises,” Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Fox News. “Don’t wait for community spread. Now is the time to do social distancing, whether there is spread in your community or not.”

Estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) show that nearly 3.4 percent of patients with COVID-19 worldwide have died because of the infection. Pixabay

Source: https://www.medicaldaily.com/coronavirus-shocker-patients-die-hours-without-showing-symptoms-450295

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