Healthcare worker in DFW here. I'm calling the Arlington debacle BS. Just think about how quickly it went public that an Ebola pt hit THR Dallas - there's no way they could keep a positive coronavirus pt quiet. I do know the ID doc at Memorial -- maybe I should reach out..
That being said, I'm feeling pretty good about myself since I'm a mid-30s, somewhat healthy man. My 2 year old, who had coronavirus last year, has no doubt given my immune system a boost since she was brought into this world. Hell, when I went to pick her up yesterday, there wasn't a dry nose in her entire class! I'm talking gobs of snot rolling down both nostrils of every kid in that room. Thankfully, she is (we are) on the tail end of her little cold that has been passed around that school and our household.
We will be fine. It's the ArmyBrats of the neighborhood who are fucked. As others have touched on, the majority casualties will come from the health system bottleneck/supply shortage that is most certainly going to occur. Medline's main manufacturing plant that produces PPE is located in Wuhan. Additionally, their government just extended the Chinese NY holiday so more people can stay at home. Halyard is the only PPE manufacturer in the US and they won't be able to scale fast enough. Almost all of the hospitals that I work at already had a PPE (gown) shortage from Cardinal fucking up and contaminating massive lots of gowns. Serious procedures have already had to be cancelled due to the lack of gowns in December. Most hospitals are trying to get in 4x supply orders to get items on hand as quickly as possible, but the pre-existing supply is going to dry up..soon.