I keep hearing that, but I keep seeing evidence that this isn't the case. I realize that everybody on FR is all of a sudden some kinda medical expert or Albert Effing Schweitzer, but I'm not.
I'm Captain Everyman and I have general automotive expertise (My Cousin Vinnie). I leave the medical jargon to those who actually know, of which that number is very low.
My read is that its just another variation of a flu or virus. Not the flu we are used to, but a natural occurring or man-made mutation.
Still, ultimately, just the flu, bro.
And no, we wouldn't look like Mad Max if we had reacted to it as to any other flu. That's the hype that was perpetuated on you by the derps to achieve their purpose. And achieve they have. So far.
Stop helping them.
Still, ultimately, just the flu, bro. In the manner a lion is just another cat.
Not as bad as 1918, thank God, but clearly worse than the last several flus we've seen.
And no, we wouldn't look like Mad Max if we had reacted to it as to any other flu.
Something else to which I object vociferously is certainty. I have long ago learned that anyone who is absolutely certain about something is probably being foolish. Wiser people tend to speak in probabilities and likelihoods, not absolutes.
I think enough evidence is in to show it wouldn't be like Mad Max, but I don't think enough evidence is in that it wouldn't be like Typhoid Mary. I think that evidence is coming in, but people shouldn't jump the gun.
Oh, and by the way, I am at a low risk for infection, and a low risk of death if I get infected. This isn't really about me, or any personal fear on my part.