This whole thing stinks to high heaven. At most so far 59 people have died, with most of them being in one nursing home in Kirkland WA. The media is fear mongering harder than ever to make orange man look bad. Schools and businesses are closing which is sure to send us into recession if not worse. Out of 330,000,000 people, 59 have died in the US and everything is screeching to a halt. Something isn't right here but it's fucking everything up. The economy was the best it's ever been in the history of our country and now everything is going to shit because of less than 100 deaths. More people probably die each year from skiing accidents. This is un fucking believable.
EDIT: I'm not saying this is a total hoax. I'm saying the media overreaction is making things way worse than they have to be. Panicking is never going to make anything better. If this is truly as bad as some of you are saying, I hope it justifies sending our economy into great depression 2 Corona boogaloo
Since you appear to know what you're talking about, quick questions: Wouldn't it be sort of a good thing if a whole lot of younger people got this as quick as possible? Without any serious symptoms, of course.
Wouldn't that build "herd immunity" faster? You can't be a host and contagious again once you catch this particular virus and get over it, right? Older folks, who are understandably being more cautious right now, then wouldn't be around as many potential carriers.
Doesn't really matter if they did or didn't. It's fairly benign.
Unfortunately, just like the flu, immunity to the disease only lasts a few months tops. That's why the flu vaccine is laughably ineffective. In the rare instance that they do get the flu virus right that year, if you got the vaccine at the beginning of the season, you'd be susceptible by the end of the season. That's why, at most, they boast a 60% efficacy. I believe one year it was only 19%. The US government pours literally billions into the companies that make that vaccine.
The worst thing that can be done is panic. Just ignore it and go about your day. Drink plenty of water.
Thanks for the info. I knew it was rather benign, just curious if an effective "herd immunity" could be forced into the population for this particular virus.
The only things I've learned from this are that mass hysteria is very easy to produce, and that people don't usually buy toilet paper in bulk. I mean I have at least 20 rolls left from the pack I bought at Costco in May. Do you people not have linen closets?