“IF this virus really takes off- the numbers will be in the millions- in a very short period- then people will really begin panicking”
No, the people who don’t die will learn to live with it.
The panic is the fear of the unknown.
This thing is coming soon, to your town, maybe your street, maybe your house. It might even kill you. Or me. When it gets here, we’ll deal with it as best we can.
well people are already panic buying- stores are out of lysol, purell, other hand sanitizers, toilet paper, masks, bleach etc- If it takes off- it’s gonna get much worse-
The risk management pencil pushers never factored in a Black Swan, because it can’t be factored in, by definition.
Are you Immuno compromised, less than a year old, or old and at deaths door such that a flu would do it??
Speaking of the flu, why aren't you talking about that - Hmmm?? It's been going around before this bugger and has a far higher death rate. Why weren't you screaming about the flu before this??
Here is what is going to happen. The corona virus is going to go through the worlds population like the yearly flu is now with a far less death rate. Pediatrics is going to have a few more babies sick than the usual flu. Nursing homes are going to have a bit more than the usual flu going to the hospital. Folks with AIDs, Transplants and other immuno-compromising situations who should have been preparing for the yearly flu should be talking to their doctors and praying that the human trials for the corona virus is successful and safe for them in time.
We should be praying for the vaccine makers, that they will be able to make enough of it to make a difference and for wise doctors and nurses to administer it.
Those in the US and in the civilized countries who take vitamins, eat healthy, exercise and sleep well should sail though this like the flu. But you were doing this in preparation for the flu already weren't you?? And, thank God, for Trump's "Right to Try" law. Without it, even if the vaccine was developed, safe and effective for all, the vaccine could not be used for years.
That is all,
Signing Off,
CO