“Dr. Peter Venkman : This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor : What do you mean, “biblical”?
Dr. Raymond Stantz : What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman : Exactly.
Dr. Raymond Stantz : Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. Egon Spengler : Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore : The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. Peter Venkman : Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3823886/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3824025/posts
there may be many more cases already as most cases are mild and not reported. infection rate will go up and fatality rate is already coming down.
the fatality rate is nowhere near as high as some alarmist like this make it out to be. That is why no one, ZERO under the age of 10 has died anywhere in the world.
The country that has done the most testing that can be relied upon is S Korea , they have tested well over 250,000 and have 7,869 cases and 66 deaths for a fatality rate of .008 or less than 1%. That is more than the flu but nothing like what some are reporting here and in the news.
As a matter of fact if you add up the top 15 countries with reported cases excluding China, Italy and Iran ) you get over 20,446 cases and 247 deaths for a fatality rate of .012-about 1%. Probably lower and more in line with S Korea as many cases are even more mild. As more test are done you will see more confirmed cases and death rate dropping as it already has started to do that’s because it is more mild than reported for most people.
I think Tomas appropriated some of those graphs from Michael hockey stick Mann. That is not appropriate.
I’ve cancelled my subscription to your issues. I’m old.
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My kids have guns. They can fight it off...Oh...wait...fat man, little boy, tiny germs.
Thanks for posting, I hadn’t read it.
The main point is to delay the spread of the disease through social isolation. That allows our medical systems to deal with it without overflowing.
Erring on the cautious side seems like a good idea. Unless it’s somehow ok to overwhelm our hospitals and have more people die.
And yeah, I’m one of those people who will probably keep travelling through this mess.
I’ve never seen this much panic before.
People are going nuts (my wife included).
When I got home last night she had piled up food and stuff all over the kitchen.
She bought 40 rolls of TP, 2 dozen paper towels, 6 dozen boxes of ramen, rice, several dozen canned soups, canned vegetables, sugar, flour, 20 pounds of grits, spaghetti sauce, boxes of pasta and a couple dozen canned pot pies. I didn’t even know they made canned pot pies, I though they came frozen.
I guess were all set for the zombie apocalypse now.
I asked her if she bought any powdered milk and she informed me that they stopped making powdered milk 6 or 8 years ago. I checked on Amazon; she’s right. You can’t buy powdered milk; it’s not a thing anymore.
Matthew 7:24-27
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I’ve been posting that this IS going to have dramatic effect on markets eventually, but not well received. Oh well...also told people YEARS ago that illegal immigration was going to be THE issue and was ignored. lolol.
And this on 2-23-2020:
And again... Reactions of governments hiding the truth about the seriousness of this disease have given me all the information I needed. This virus is really bad and China specifically has not come out and directly said so. The illness is far worse in the way it shows symptoms (or doesn't) and infects people.
It is far worse when one is sick with it than they are telling people. And, the mortality rate is worse and HEALTHY people who should be able to weather it are DYING. The coverup is so the very rich can move their assets to safety as much as possible before panic sets in and all hell breaks loose. The record lows on Treasury bond yields (very few understand what that means) and the sharp uptick in the price of gold tell me all I need to know about that. Batten down the hatches. It's going to be a rough ride.
Yawn.
I’m nowhere near old enough for it to be a problem and I won’t even notice the disease if I get it.
Panic at someone in a nursing home.
Prepping away, medicines, food stores to keep you from having to go out into the masses is smart
And it's all out of bubble gum.
Which is why I saw my doctor and had my routine tests done weeks ago....Got my new glasses....and reviewed my personal and household needs and in general took care of business. It is called common sense.
Plan ahead....
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