America Is On Lockdown

This is what happened during the 2017-2018 flu season.

80,000 Americans Died From Flu

Surprised to see this many people died. Don't recall hearing a word about it! Certainly don't remember all the bars closing, restaurants, and killing each other over a roll of toilet paper. Read the article below and tell me how that compares with the 2017-2018 flu season. At this rate can't see 80,000 people dying. I can promise you this though. More people will die an economic death than a physical one.

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Here's what we know about the 100 people who've died in the US from coronavirus

(CNN) — Dozens of people from their 50s to their 90s have died in the United States after contracting the novel coronavirus and the death toll continues rising. 

At least 112 people have died since the first US case of the coronavirus was reported in January and the virus has spread to all states, the District of Columbia and some territories. 

While the majority were treated at hospitals, a woman in Washington died at home. 

A couple in Indiana infected with the virus could not be together when one of them died. As they were hospitalized, they used iPads to see each other and a nurse stayed with one of them before dying, according to Dr. Ram Yeleti, chief physician executive with Community Health Network.

It's unclear whether any deaths include foreign-born individuals, and authorities have not disclosed all of their ages.

Here's what we have learned about those who have died because of the coronavirus, according to a CNN tally of data from state heath officials.

Most of them were 60 years and older 

Health officials have said that older adults were twice as likely to have serious illness from the novel coronavirus and the fatal cases in the US appear to reflect that.

The majority of people who have died were in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The youngest were in their early or mid-50s.

Many lived in nursing homes or other facilities

The deadliest cluster so far has been linked to a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. More than 20 people who lived there and someone who visited the facility have died.

People who lived in other long-term care facilities in Washington, Florida and Kansas contracted the virus and died.

Many had other health problems

Diabetes, emphysema and heart problems were among the pre-existing conditions that some people suffered before they were diagnosed with coronavirus. 

Only a few traveled abroad

Authorities are still trying to determine how many contracted the virus but have said some of those who died recently traveled overseas.

In California, one person went to Thailand and another one was on a cruise to Mexico. Two people in Florida had traveled outside the country.

Death toll state by state

CALIFORNIA: 14

- A patient in Placer County who had underlying health conditions was the first coronavirus-related death in the state. 

The person, described as elderly, was likely exposed while traveling February 11-21 on a Princess cruise ship that was going from San Francisco to Mexico, according to Placer County Public Health. The patient had been in isolation at Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center. 

- An "older adult" woman who was hospitalized for a respiratory illness died March 9 in Santa Clara County.

- A woman in her 60s died in Santa Clara County. The woman was hospitalized for several weeks and is believed to have contracted the virus through community transmission, the county's health department said.

- A resident of Sacramento County who had underlying health conditions and was in an assisted living facility, the county public health department said. A county official told CNN the resident was in their 90s.

- A woman in her 60s who was visiting friends died in Los Angeles County. She had a history of extensive travel, including a long layover in South Korea, according to Barbara Ferrer, director of public health for Los Angeles County.

- A person was reported dead in San Mateo County on March 15.

- A Sacramento County resident who was older than 70 and suffered from underlying health conditions.

- A person in Santa Clara County.

- A person in Santa Clara County.

- A person in Riverside County.

- A person in Riverside County.

- A person in Riverside County.

- A man in his 60s died in San Benito County on March 16. He had traveled to Thailand and had an underlying health condition.

- A man in his 50s who was hospitalized died on March 17.

COLORADO: 2

- A woman in her 80s who lived in El Paso County.

FLORIDA: 6

- A patient died in Santa Rosa County following an international trip.

- A person in their 70s who tested presumptive positive in Lee County following an international trip.

- Three people who lived at assisted living facilities died in Fort Lauderdale. The deaths happened at separate facilities and each of them had different levels of symptoms.

- A 77-year-old man linked to an assisted living facility in Broward County died. He had "significant" underlying medical problems, health officials said.

GEORGIA: 1

- A 67-year-old man who was hospitalized at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta since he tested positive for coronavirus on March 7. 

ILLINOIS: 1

- A woman in her 60s with an underlying condition who lived in Chicago. She had contact with an infected person. 

INDIANA: 2

- A person over the age of 60 died. The patient's significant other was also infected and they could only see each other through a video call. 

- A person in their 60s died in Marion County.

KANSAS: 1

- A man in his 70s who lived in a long-term care facility in Wyandotte County died. 

KENTUCKY: 1

- A patient in Bourbon County died.

LOUISIANA: 4

- A 58-year-old who lived in Orleans Parish died. The patient, who had an underlying medical condition, was hospitalized at Touro Infirmary Hospital and Medical Center.

- A 53-year-old who lived in Orleans Parish died. The patient was hospitalized at Touro Infirmary Hospital and Medical Center.

- A woman in her 80s who lived at Lambeth House nursing home died.

- A person who lived in Orleans Parish died.

NEVADA: 1

- A man in his 60s who lived in Clark County died. He had been hospitalized and suffered an underlying medical condition. 

NEW JERSEY: 3

- A 69-year-old man from Bergen County who was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center died March 10. He had a history of diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, gastrointestinal bleeding and emphysema, said Judith Persichilli, the state's health commissioner.

The man, who traveled regularly to New York City, had a heart attack a day before he died and was revived. He died after having a second heart attack. 

- A woman in her 50s died after being hospitalized at Centra State Medical Center.

- A man in his 90s died after being hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center.

NEW YORK: 15

- An 82-year-old woman with emphysema died in a New York City hospital.

- A 79-year-old woman had been suffering from heart failure and lung disease before contracting the virus. She died in a New York City hospital.

- A 78-year-old man with multiple pre-existing conditions died in a New York City hospital.

- A 56-year-old man with diabetes died in a New York City hospital. 

- A 53-year-old woman with diabetes and heart disease died in a New York City hospital.

- A patient died in a New York City hospital.

- A patient died in a New York City hospital.

- A 64-year-old person died in Rockland County on March 12. The patient had other "significant" health problems.

- A man in his 80s who had been in isolation at St. Catherine's Hospital in Suffolk County died.

- A man in his 90s who had been isolation at Huntington Hospital died.

OREGON: 2

SOUTH CAROLINA: 1

SOUTH DAKOTA: 1

- A man in his 60s with underlying medical conditions died, according to Kim Malsam-Rysdon, South Dakota's secretary of health.

TEXAS: 1

- A man in his 90s who lived in Matagorda County died. 

VIRGINIA: 2

- A man in his 70s died from respiratory failure. 

- A man in his 70s died in the state's Peninsula region.

WASHINGTON: 54

- A man in his 50s who was hospitalized at the EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland.

- A man in his 70s died February 29. He was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth and had underlying health conditions.

- A woman in her 80s died March 1. She had been in critical condition at EvergreenHealth.

- A woman in her 90s died March 3. She had been hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A man in his 60s who visited Life Care Center died March 5. 

- A person died in Snohomish County, said Heather Thomas, a spokeswoman with the Snohomish Health District.

- A person in Grant County.

- A woman in her 80s who lived at the Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Issaquah died March 8. She had been hospitalized at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah.

- A man in his 80s who lived at Ida Culver House, a retirement community in Seattle, died March 9. He was hospitalized at the University of Washington Medical Center.

- A man in his 80s who was "connected" to Josephine Caring Community, an assisted living facility in Snohomish County.

- A woman in her 90s who lived at the Redmond Care and Rehabilitation Center nursing home died March 10 after being hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A person in Snohomish County.

- A man in his 80s died March 11. He was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A man in his 70s died March 9. He was hospitalized at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue.

- A man in his 80s died March 11 at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah.

- A person died in Snohomish County.

- A person died in King County.

- A person died in King County.

- A person died in King County.

- A man in his 80s died March 15. 

- A woman in her 70s died March 15. 

- A man in his 80s died March 11.

- A woman in her 50s died March 8 at Harborview Medical Center.

- A woman in her 70s died March 14 at Northwest Hospital.

- A woman in her 90s died March 12. She lived at Redmond Care and Rehabilitation Center nursing home.

- Two people died in Clark County March 16, health officials from the county's health department said.

Life Care Center nursing home residents:

- A woman in her 70s died March 2. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth Medical Center.

- A man in his 70s died March 1 at EvergreenHealth and had underlying health conditions.

- A woman in her 70s died March 1 at EvergreenHealth. She had underlying health conditions.

- A woman in her 80s who was never hospitalized died at her family home February 26.

- A man in his 50s died February 26 after being hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center.

- A woman in her 90s died March 3 after being hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A man in his 70s died March 2 after being hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A woman in her 80s died March 5. She was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center.

- A woman in her 70s died March 5. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A woman in her 80s died March 6. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A woman in her 80s died March 6. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A man in his 90s died March 5. He was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center.

- A woman in her 80s died March 4. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A woman in her 90s died March 8. She was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center.

- A woman in her 70s died March 8. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A woman in her 90s died March 3. 

- A man in his 90s died March 5. He was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A woman in her 60s died March 9. She was hospitalized at EvergreenHealth.

- A woman in her 90s died March 6. 

- A woman in her 90s died March 6. 

- A woman in her 80s died March 4.

- A woman in her 60s died March 14. She was hospitalized at Franciscan Medical.

- A woman in her 70s died March 12.

CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.

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The untold story

Coronavirus will bankrupt more people than it kills — and that's the real global emergency

We may look back on coronavirus as the moment when the threads that hold the global economy together came unstuck

Coronavirus’s economic danger is exponentially greater than its health risks to the public. If the virus does directly affect your life, it is most likely to be through stopping you going to work, forcing your employer to make you redundant, or bankrupting your business. 

The trillions of dollars wiped from financial markets this week will be just the beginning. Worldwide, Covid-19 has killed 4,389 with 39 US deaths as of today. But it will economically cripple millions, especially since the epidemic has formed a perfect storm with stock market crashes, an oil war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, and the spilling over of an actual war in Syria into another potential migrant crisis.

We may look back on coronavirus as the moment when the threads that hold the global economy together came unstuck; and startups and growing businesses could end up paying the price. 

Just as important as fighting the virus — if not more important — is vaccinating our economies against the incoming pandemic of panic. Human suffering can come in the form of illness and death. But it can also be experienced as not being able to pay the bills or losing your home.

Small businesses in particular are struggling as supply chains dry up, leaving them without products or essential materials. Factory closures in China have led to a record low in the country’s Purchasing Manager’s Index which measures manufacturing output. China is the world’s largest exporter and is responsible for a third of global manufacturing, so China’s problem is everyone’s problem — even in the midst of a trade war between the White House and Beijing. 

All this makes it even more worrying that governments continue to see this as a health crisis, not an economic one. It is time the economists took over from the doctors, before the real pandemic spreads. 

It is difficult to imagine Italy not entering a recession (the world’s ninth largest economy is now on lockdown). It is also difficult to imagine that failing to affect Europe and its largest trading partner, the United States. And it is impossible to see how any of this will not add up to a global downturn, unless governments step in faster and harder than they did 12 years ago during the last financial crisis.

The stakes are higher this time, because there seems to be a coordinated effort to economically hurt many Western countries, and warn them away from the aggressive trade policies that Trump has so enthusiastically adopted.

Although China bore the brunt of the virus’s economic and human cost, many in Beijing will see a silver lining in the weakening of the US economy, and a distraction from Trump’s trade wars that appeared to be escalating with no end in sight.

Almost perfectly synchronized with the coronavirus, a Russia-Saudi oil war has erupted. In the short-term, both Moscow and Riyadh can afford the 30 per cent overnight drop in the oil price. But America’s shale gas business cannot: The more expensive process of fracking means that much of the US oil sector will simply not exist if oil prices stay at historic lows, leading to shut downs, job losses and perhaps even state-level recessions.

President Trump has pushed through overdue payroll tax cuts and help for hourly workers — measures that will help both employers and employees survive. In the UK, Chancellor Rishi Sunak today unveiled a ‘Coronavirus Budget’. But everyone needs to think bigger if they want to properly deal with how this new factor changes the status quo.

This is about much more than coronavirus, oil prices, or even the global economy. This is about the balance of power between East and West. The epicenter of this has been, for the last 10 years, Syria. After a decade of conflict on the ground, the face-off seems to have now escalated from proxy war to economic conflict.

The emerging superpowers of Russia and China witnessed what many saw as American irrelevance in Syria. And they are now trying to cement their vision of a truly multi-polar world. Rather than allowing US ally Saudi Arabia to lead the oil markets through the OPEC cartel, Russia and China want to reshape global markets — and power balances — to their advantage.

To survive these shifts, the US, UK and others will need to protect the future of their businesses, large and small, and look for opportunities to benefit from the new economic world order, not deny it. Ignoring these changes will be even more damaging than any flu pandemic.

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Texting and Driving Accident Statistics vs CoronaVirus

Putting things in perspective

As of this moment 38 people have died in the US from CoronaVirus. In 2017 3,166 people were killed driving and texting. That averages out to about 264 deaths per month or about 9 people per day. Think about that before going spastic getting into a panic and dumping your entire stock portfolio. Selling stock does not inoculate you from the CoronaVirus.

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Shocking Statistics That Will Make You Think Twice About Grabbing Your Phone

The numbers illustrating the dangers of cell phone use while driving are downright startling. In fact, at any given time throughout the day, approximately 660,000 drivers are attempting to use their phones while behind the wheel of an automobile.

Smartphones have made it easy for us to stay connected at all times. But that can pose serious safety risks if someone decides to check his or her text messages, emails, phone calls, or any other mobile applications while driving. 

Cell phone distraction rates are alarmingly high. We hope with a little information, you'll make the right decision when you're on the road. The following figures were the most up-to-date statistics at the time of our latest research. If you have any questions, or require more recent information, please refer to our sources at the bottom of this page for more information.

General Cell Phone Statistics

The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year.

Nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving.

1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.

Texting while driving is 6x more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk.

Answering a text takes away your attention for about five seconds. Traveling at 55 mph, that's enough time to travel the length of a football field.

Texting while driving causes a 400 percent increase in time spent with eyes off the road.

Of all cell phone related tasks, texting is by far the most dangerous activity.

94 percent of drivers support a ban on texting while driving.

74 percent of drivers support a ban on hand-held cell phone use.

Teen Driver Cell Phone Statistics

According to a AAA poll, 94 percent of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, but 35% admitted to doing it anyway.

21 percent of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by their cell phones.

Teen drivers are 4x more likely than adults to get into car crashes or near-crashes when talking or texting on a cell phone.

A teen driver with only one additional passenger doubles the risk of getting into a fatal car accident. With two or more passengers, they are 5x as likely.

2017 U.S. Cell Phone and Driving Statistics

Parents with young children were more 13 percent likely to be distracted while driving than adults with no small children

3,166 people were killed by distracted driving in 2017

In 2017, there were 34,247 distracted driving accidents

15,341 drivers aged 15-29 were involved in fatal crashes due to distraction or cell phone use

2016 U.S. Cell Phone and Driving Statistics

Fatalities in distraction-affected crashes decreased from 3,526 in 2015 to 3,450 in 2016, or a decrease of 2.2 percent.

263 teens (age 15 to 19) were killed as a result of distracted driving in 2016.

10 percent of all teen motor vehicle crash fatalities in 2016 involved distracted driving.

The NHTSA estimates that every day 660,000 drivers use electronic devices while behind the wheel. 

2015 U.S. Cell Phone and Driving Statistics

In 2015, 3,477 people were killed and 391,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers.

2013 U.S. Cell Phone and Driving Statistics

In 2013, 3,154 people were killed in distraction-related crashes.

About 424,000 people were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver.

In 2013, 10% of all drivers ages 15 to 19 involved in fatal accidents were reported to be distracted at the time of the crash.

2012 U.S. Cell Phone and Driving Statistics

In 2012, 3,328 people were killed in distraction-related crashes.

About 421,000 people were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver.

In 2012, 11% of drivers under age 20 involved in fatal accidents were reported to be distracted at the time of the crash.

One-fourth of teenagers respond to at least one text message every time they drive and 20% of teens and 10% of parents report having multi-text message conversations while driving.

2012 National Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors

Nearly half (48%) of drivers admit to answering their cell phoneswhile driving.

Of those who answered their phones while driving, 58% of drivers continued to drive while talking on the phone.

In the survey, 24% of drivers reported that they are willing to make a phone call while driving.

One in 10 drivers surveyed said that, at least sometimes, they send text messages or emails while driving.

Of the drivers surveyed, 14% said they read text messages or emails while driving.

A majority of respondents supported laws that banned talking on cell phones, texting, or emailing while driving.

2012 Texting Pedestrian Study

Researchers from the University of Washington monitored 20 of Seattle's busiest intersections and observed the following:

Pedestrians who text are 4x less likely to look before crossing the street, cross in crosswalks, or obey traffic signals.

They also found that texting pedestrians take an average of two seconds longer to cross the street.

For statistics from 2011 and before, check out our Past Cell Phone and Driving Statistics.

Texting and Driving Accident Statistics vs CoronaVirus