[metmom]

Why do you keep presuming that those who are self-isolating are “scared”?

Common sense and conservative precautions are not “scared”.

Scared is buying the stores out of toilet paper when some bad news comes along, be it a virus or a snowstorm.

[LilFarmer]

ECUADOR

The cases of contagion by coronavirus in Ecuador amounted to 1,049, while those who died from the virus reached 27, reported Tuesday the national director of Risk and Emergency Management, Alexandra Ocles.

According to statistics released by the National Risk and Emergency Management Service (SNGRE), 807 of the cases correspond to the province of Guayas, the most affected by the disease, followed by Pichincha, with 71.

Ocles specified that 1,347 people are under epidemiological siege, 1,184 cases are under suspicion, 1,211 were discarded and 3 recovered from the disease.

https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/sociedad/2020/03/24/ascienden-a-27-los-fallecidos-y-1-049-los-contagios-por-covid-19-en-ecuador/

[Mariner]

“Scared is buying the stores out of toilet paper when some bad news comes along, be it a virus or a snowstorm.”

No, that’s just plain dumb.