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That's right.

This newest iteration of the coronavirus "broke out" sometime in November, early December 2019.

So in the last 3 to 4 months...in our ever so small, tightly connected world, there have been 23 deaths that have occurred in 1st world health care countries.
Zero in the United States.
The rest...in 3rd world health care countries. And nearly all deaths have occurred in people who had pre-existing compromised immune systems.

Now, that's almost certainly going to change, at least in terms of mortality in the U.S.

Keeping in mind, that there were 19,624,052 nonstop travelers between the U.S. and the world in Dec 2018 (last Dec w/data).
There were nearly 3 million travelers to/from the "Far East" in Dec 2018 alone.
Over 700,000 people flew from China to the U.S. in Dec 2018 alone.

So with the 3 - 4 months this virus has been around, there were up to 80 million nonstop travelers involving the U.S. and approximately seven hundred thousand to two million, one hundred thousand who flew from China to the U.S. between November 2019 and now.
Yet, again, zero deaths here and only 53 confirmed cases. Not even enough to fill out an NFL football roster (including the practice squad).

With the amount of panic and hysteria going on right now...imagine what will happen when (inevitably) the very first person dies of Covid 19 in this country. There will be a melt down based on what's happened so far.

Then imagine what happens if 1,000 people in the U.S. die from it. There will be calls from Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, etc. for massive country wide quarantines and DAILY demands on why this is the perfect example and perfect time for the Federal government to take over everyone's healthcare. Many more people will fall in line with that demand out of irrational fear.

Now...if the total deaths from Corvid-19 "simply" match that of influenza in the U.S. for the year - 16,000 - 41,000, imagine the paralysis that will occur. The great depression will look like a minor dip.

If Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. are anywhere near 10,000 for the year, Trump will be blamed and too many that would have otherwise voted for him, will vote for the federal gov't to "save us" by taking over healthcare. The stock market is down some 1,800 points in the last 2 days alone primarily on the cases in Italy. If the U.S. has flu like similar death numbers, the rest of the world would presumably as well.

Look at what's happening now with 23 deaths in 1st world countries...and zero in the U.S. Nearly everything would be shut down. The stock market would tank. Grocery store shelves would be emptied out within days, if not hours. Etc. and so forth.

And this would all happen in a scenario where Covid-19 deaths matched the annual deaths from influenza.

Fear, panic and hysteria make people do some really crazy things. The media is loving this. Russia Russia Russia could not bring Trump down or drop his support. Nor could Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine, or Article 25, or Stormy Daniels, or any of the other coup attempts.

It's always a good idea to stay vigilant and prepare for the unexpected as best as possible, Covid-19 notwithstanding, but this current hysteria trajectory could very well usher in a socialist like Sanders.

Now, if Trump and his cabinet are lying to us...and there have already been 10,000 deaths in the U.S. and the bodies have been taken to area 51 to be incinerated....we'll, then we really are screwed, on many levels I would say.