I'm convinced of the seriousness of this virus which is why I bought sanitzer and TP many weeks ago....but I also believe its been severely overblown...
they all say look at Italy....the worse of their problem happened in an area with a high Chinese immigrants....many Chinese travel to China for their New year and then return....
what happened is many of them caught the virus, brought it back to Italy and overwhelmed the system.....
we are going to be okay and those that have shut down national sports/ and Broadway musicals etc should be held up to face their total lack of common sense and perspective.....
I agree with your statement.
BTW, can I borrow some TP? :)
I can’t believe how all the stores are empty of canned goods and TP etc.
Thank God I looked ahead a few months ago and bought 6 months worth of Jack Daniels
I'm convinced of the seriousness of this virus which is why I bought sanitzer and TP many weeks ago....but I also believe its been severely overblown... The death rate is since it mostly applies to seniors (and Italy has almost the oldest average pop. age), but as for catching it:
Tests indicate coronavirus can survive in the air 3/12/2020, 12:09:21 AM · by Mariner · 201 replies The Hill ^ | March 11th, 2020 | By John Bowden Federally funded tests conducted by scientists from several major institutions indicated that the novel form of coronavirus behind a worldwide outbreak can survive in the air for several hours. A study awaiting peer review from scientists at Princeton University, the University of California-Los Angeles and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) posted online Wednesday indicated that the COVID-19 virus could remain viable in the air "up to 3 hours post aerosolization," while remaining alive on plastic and other surfaces for up to three days.
they all say look at Italy....the worse of their problem happened in an area with a high Chinese immigrants....many Chinese travel to China for their New year and then return.... Actually research shows Chinese only make up about 0.28% of Italy, and non-Chinese Asian make up 0.83%
As for the US :
According to the 2012 Census estimates,[23] the three metropolitan areas with the largest Chinese American populations were the Greater New York Combined Statistical Area at 735,019 people, the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area at 629,243 people, and the Los Angeles Area Combined Statistical Area at about 566,968 people. New York City contains by far the highest ethnic Chinese population of any individual city outside Asia, estimated at 628,763 as of 2017.[24] The Los Angeles County city of Monterey Park has the highest percentage of Chinese Americans of any municipality, at 43.7% of its population, or 24,758 people.
The states with the largest estimated Chinese American populations, according to both the 2010 Census, were California (1,253,100; 3.4%), New York (577,000; 3.0%), Texas (157,000; 0.6%), New Jersey (134,500; 1.5%), Massachusetts (123,000; 1.9%), Illinois (104,200; 0.8%), Washington (94,200; 1.4%), Pennsylvania (85,000; 0.7%), Maryland (69,400; 1.2%), Virginia (59,800; 0.7%), and Ohio (51,033; 0.5%). The state of Hawaii has the highest concentration of Chinese Americans at 4.0%, or 55,000 people.
The New York metropolitan area, consisting of New York City, Long Island, and nearby areas within the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, is home to the largest Chinese American population of any metropolitan area within the United States and the largest Chinese population outside of China, enumerating an estimated 893,697 in 2017[25] and including at least 12 Chinatowns.