“the “do nothing” crowd are out of their gd minds.”
Could you be a little more specific. Who are the “do nothing” crowd?
They are not the same as the “do not panic crowd”?
It is possible to be pro-active without scare mongering.
The only information i have gleamed from the thousand of post about the Coronavirus is the symptoms of the virus.
Dry cough and fever.
And to wash hands. Avoid enclosed or confined spaces. And take extra care if you are elderly ..especially if you have a compromised immune system.
Otherwise, the daily death counts and the reports of toilet paper shortages would seem to be a result of scare mongering.
And not very helpful.
Look at the article’s chart 7 and 11. In late December a handful of doctors recognized they were dealing with something new. The case load was still in double digits. Look at what happened. In the length of time between this early warning and the time they admitted they had a problem and started mitigation. Realize they were chasing a horse that was two weeks out of the barn when they realized he was missing. See how it took two weeks for their measures to have an effect? Look at the other numbers. Where ever the region, whatever the numbers they thought they had were the real numbers were 40 or 100 times that.
Shutting down schools and universities is happening to day. The High School my wife works at is at a meeting right now discussing “work from home” and the students all got a call last night saying they have a holiday today. I imagine this is happening all over the country. That’s pretty close to panic, if you ask me. But it’s the right thing to do. Read the article. Here’s a link.
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca