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
I think that's the point of this freakout - it's too late to stop it. There's a diseases that can incubate for two weeks without symptoms and then suddenly onset to cause so real damage? Yeah - good luck containing that.
It may be too late to stop it, but it's not too late to SLOW IT DOWN.
Slowing it down could mean the difference between life and death for those that will become critically ill after contracting this virus.
We don't have the excess ICU space (about 95K beds, about 2/3rds already in use) to handle a sudden influx of critically ill patients.
Don’t get me wrong - I’m not advocating that we don’t try and slow the spread, but we need to manage some realistic expectations.
It’s going to get everywhere. For many - myself included - hunkering down at home for a few weeks isn’t an option. I’m the sole income for a wife and three kids, so I’ll find work when my employer decides not to pay me a free “vacation.” Multiply my situation by every other similar circumstance and we’ve got a huge problem.
You don't have to hunker down at home for a few weeks. Only Italy has mandated it, so far. Other countries have only closed restaurants, bars, etc.
If we can slow down the spread by curtailing VOLUNTARY activities, then we can avoid the kind of disruption European countries are implementing.
That's being realistic.
I hear you, but the level of attention this is getting compared with the means of preparation people are taking is inconsistent.
Why are people stocking up on toilet paper? What kind of crisis are we anticipating that a month’s worth of toilet paper is the answer? Paper towels, chicken, bread, and dairy products instead are flying off shelves instead of soap, detergent, tampons, bandages, propane, and gasoline.
I mean - what are we preparing for?
China has more or less contained it, and if China can do it, so can we.
I don't believe a thing that comes out of China.
It's probably worse over there than we are lead to believe.
Found the Chinese Reddit bot!
Don't believe a fucking thing Chyna says.
China didn’t try to #FlattenTheCurve.
They just quarantined some cities and let if flame out in a burst of glory to get it over with. Notice how all Apple stores have already reopened in China? “Flattening the curve” with social distance will indeed likely lower the number of cases contracted, but not enough to significantly ease any hospital resource shortages enough. It will also greatly prolong the negative economic effects.
China was actually smart in my opinion in letting it essentially burn itself out in a blaze of glory. They’re already getting back to normal.
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