Coronavirus, The plague has arrived

[Jed_]

The first case of coronavirus was just reported in the U.S.  It’s potentially lethal and not at all refreshing.

[Shiela_M]

Well thank the gods I'm a whiskey girl

[_priapism]

I’ve lived through Y2K, AIDS, several end of the world epidemics, rapture deadlines, end of the world predictions, even outlived the Mayan Calendar.  So WTF.  Here’s another one.

[ChirpingGirl]

When the zombies show up, let CJ know.

[joan1984]

Agreed. The experts are handling this. Nothing in my control.

I’ve lived through Y2K, AIDS, several end of the world epidemics, rapture deadlines, end of the world predictions, even outlived the Mayan Calendar.  So WTF.  Here’s another one.

[_priapism]

[ChirpingGirl]

Seventeen deaths worldwide and everyone is losing their minds.

I guess there's nothing worse going on in the world than that. Or maybe people just don't give a shit.

[Gunnerman19]

Holy shit..,for once I agree with toe

[Jed_]

When the zombies show up, let CJ know.

[Jed_]

[ChirpingGirl]

[ChirpingGirl]

A friend of mine just said "I'm stocking up on food and water just in case this thing starts the walking dead." 

A couple months from now no one will remember it. 

Let's stay rational, people.

[RopeFiend]

If there have only been 56 deaths total worldwide due to the coronavirus, then it's a pretty weak flu, especially since it's primarily in areas with less-than-stellar medical services.  Hell, we've had 54 kids die from the various strains of A and B influenza here in the US this season.  I don't know what the actual mortality rate is for the coronavirus, but I see it's WAY less than the media hype comparing it to the 1918 Spanish Flu.    News reporters can't do basic math.

We had a *free* Flu Shot day at work in October, and only 6% of the employees got vaccinated.  Today nearly a third of the folks at work either HAVE it or HAD it in the last month, and none of us that got the shot have been infected.  The shot was apparently effective, but under-utilized.

[watcher1]

China is notorious for withholding information. It may be worse then they are reporting. I did see on the news, though, they are building a hospital in the city where this virus is supposed to have originated, to handle all the cases. The hospital is supposed to be up and running in six days! Next we will hear about a hospital collapsing.

[Shiela_M]

China is notorious for withholding information. It may be worse then they are reporting. I did see on the news, though, they are building a hospital in the city where this virus is supposed to have originated, to handle all the cases. The hospital is supposed to be up and running in six days! Next we will hear about a hospital collapsing.

Only after 3 dozen workers get electrocuted,  OSHA should go in and shut down the whole country.  Their lack of safety is mind blowing.

[_priapism]

1.  It is what is is.

2.  Worrying won’t change what it is.

3.  The media sells hysteria to obtain eyeballs.

4.  See #2.


I’m at my local Walgreen’s in small-town Texas yesterday.  The boy at the cash register is wearing a face mask.  I told him coronavirus only kills old people, like me.

[ChirpingGirl]

I’m at my local Walgreen’s in small-town Texas yesterday.  The boy at the cash register is wearing a face mask.  I told him coronavirus only kills old people, like me.

CJ is young and basically healthy except my heart ain't exactly the best. But I'll be fine while all you old folks barf up your internal organs. 

[Jed_]

Apparently no worse than the flu, just new.

That said, the flu kills a lot of people.

[_priapism]

Apparently no worse than the flu, just new.

That said, the flu kills a lot of people.

CDC: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in U.S., highest death toll in 40 years.

That’s another reason I’m not getting worked up over coronavirus. It’s a statistically insignificant number of people.

We had 11 confirmed cases of Ebola in the US, in 2014.  Two died.  It was all the news talked about for weeks.  Why?  Terror sells.

[Jed_]