[RayChuang88]

Many of those original dead were already suffering from a compromised pulmonary system due to decades of air pollution and way too much cigarette smoking.

[cgbg]

Ray: I did a post yesterday that I have to repeat:

The five stages of grief as it applies to coronavirus:

https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-5-stages-of-loss-and-grief/

1. Denial—I and nobody I care about are Asian or over eighty years old and only Asians get the disease anyway.

2. Anger—Those Chinese did this to kill us—bioweapon! This is the finger pointing we are seeing from China, Iran and some FR posters!

3. Bargaining—Well maybe we contain this if we stop a few flights, close a few schools, wash our hands.

4. Depression—I saw a post here that some folks were getting depressed about this whole thing. Expect to see more of this.

5. Acceptance—We need to get here. This is nobody’s fault (at least without _solid_ proof). People really do dumb stuff. Most of our leaders are human and make mistakes. The virus is smarter than we are—until we work hard at figuring out what is going on. It is not the end of the world, but it is an ugly mess.

[blueplum]

pulmonary concerns is actually number three on the list. First on the list are coronary problems, second is diabetes, and then COPD/Asthma along with high blood pressure