[[The flu kills far more people]]
Well to be fair- we are counting a whole year’s worth of flues against just a month or so of coronovirus which hasn’t even really hit it’s stride yet
When they say 80,000 died from flu last year in the US- that is counted for the whole year and all the flues that hit that year- (I don’t know if they include clods in with that stat or not- probably not)
If this coronivirus erupts- then the numbers will go up a lot- especially because our populations are more elderly now, and the sick and disabled will be affected badly too- right now the virus is being contained thankfully- and maybe it will continue to be and fizzle out without much higher numbers- but it could erupt too- we just don’t know yet-
Folks that were nervous about this remember the effects that the spanish flu had- it was devastating- over 50 million dead I guess from that flu epidemic- can’t really blame folks for being a bit worried that another big one might be shaping up- Folks do have to be vigilant against something like that flu ever happening again- it’s understandable they are a bit worried-
Even those of us who aren’t convinced this is a pandemic, aren’t adverse to being prepared.
I’ve got 3-6 mos supply of food in the home.