I haven't read this whole thread. Wouldn't be able to. Thank goodness they have shut down alot of cities here in the US. I talked to a friend who heads a PR dept for a chain of hospitals. She is overwhelmed with work. The reason they aren't testing in the US mush is because they don't have enough testing kits and on top of that the labs are all backed up so it's taking weeks to get results. They are getting more and more to be available but they have to have guidelines to follow rather than just randomly testing everyone who wants one. Once they get millions of tests, they can test loads of people which will also be helpful to find out who is immune and can help out others.
The US won't have enough ventilators, the hospitals already know that and will have to triage patients so be very very careful if you are over 65. I worry what would happen to my cats if I got sick. And I worry how I'll take my kitty in to the vet as one is chronically ill. But, I can only do my best and see what happens.
I am so not prepared. I don't have enough food but I do have someone I can hire to shop for me who is healthy. He and his wife may have had it already but we don't know. It is really scary. I'm not too scared myself, I just have a bit of freaking out as I lay in bed in the morning when I wake up too early. People are stealing masks and oxygen from the hospitals too so they have to guard them. It's going to be serious. We can only hope that more cities will shut down and less people will be selfish and stupid. One good thing may be that this snaps some people out of the anti vaccine madness and embrace science and intelligence. But, than again, I think that might be hoping for too much from humanity.
