[vpintheak]

I’ve been reading some of the most overreactionary, mentally retarded, idiocy over this crap lately. It’s the flu people. It’s probably been here longer than we think, and almost everyone, especially children, are going to be just fine. Stop the madness!!!!!

[Sarah Barracuda]

My guess, early January it was already here..who knows how many thousands of people already had it, got over it, and moved on with their lives thinking it was just a regular flu

[higgmeister]

I’ve been reading some of the most overreactionary, mentally retarded, idiocy over this crap lately.

Costco up on Barrett Pkwy had no tp or paper towels. The stock inventory guy that works the back said it's been like that for a while. If they get any in it's gone in no time.

My wife and I have kept stocked up for years with essentials (we had 60 rolls of tp stacked over the cabinets in the garage when this started), but I happened to think that people in apartments with no room for storage are probably the knee-jerk panic purchasers.

[Svartalfiar]

It’s the flu people.

No, it's not. It's a coronavirus, not influenza. It has a much higher fatality rate, and potential to spread just as far as the flus. That said, a lot of people are definitely over-reacting.