[_Jim]

re: “On par with the Spanish flu”

What was the state of “germ theory” in that era?

[grey_whiskers]

It was after Pasteur, you dipstick.

[Ancesthntr]

“re: “On par with the Spanish flu”

What was the state of “germ theory” in that era?”

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Just because we’re more medically advanced does not mean that we are immune to having a pandemic. If we come up with a cure or a vaccine in a year or two (and remember that this is a virus that can and WILL mutate), that doesn’t help those affected now or in the next year or so.

Going around with one’s hair on fire isn’t very smart or productive. But neither is being complacent about this thing or, worse, effectively making others be complacent by the use of dismissive contempt for every post that talks about the **potential** of this (or any other) disease to wreak havoc. There is a balanced, logical, medically-sensible approach to take here, and while those with their hair on fire aren’t doing that, neither are you.