Its also a very dangerous virus that is highly lethal and we do not know enough about how it is transmitted and how to protect health care workers, which we would not know reading your posts
There is middle ground between sensationalizing it and being to cavalier about it. We need to find it quickly.
It is not my intent to teach people proper PPE use on the forum. There are plenty of resources in which to find proper PPE information--the CDC, the WHO, plenty of other public health agencies--and use of PPE should be learned hands-on from a real person.
My intent is to teach people about the biology of this virus. It is not some supernatural monster--it is subject to the same rules of physics and biochemistry as any other virus. We know that it is transmitted through close and direct contact (*not* aerosols); we know that some bodily fluids are teeming with virus. Although it is true that information on fomite transmission is lacking, it has also always been the practice to assume anything that has been in contact with the patient is highly contaminated, and to act accordingly.
I am not cavalier about anything, but I am very matter-of-fact. Do not mistake my dispassion as being cavalier--it absolutely is not. My childhood hero was Mr. Spock, from Star Trek--that should tell you something about how I try to present myself.