[KittyKares]

I’d understand the panic if we were under biowarfare attack, but this isn’t the case. We didn’t shut society down for the Bird Flu or the Swine Flu. This seems like a different kind of attack — a political attack from enemies within.

[DouglasKC]

I’d understand the panic if we were under biowarfare attack, but this isn’t the case. We didn’t shut society down for the Bird Flu or the Swine Flu. This seems like a different kind of attack — a political attack from enemies within.

Are you folks who believe this not watching what's going on all over the world? Virtually EVERY SINGLE country in the world is doing the same exact thing. This VIRUS is real. It's not a plot. It's not harmless. It's not the flu.

The danger is that TOO many people will get VERY sick at the same time and crash medical systems...like what's happened in IRan and Italy.

Don't panic but geesh face reality and quit minimizing it or writing it off.

[Bernard]

This seems like a different kind of attack

Think of it as a dress rehearsal for the election in November, when Trump wins again. What used to be considered strange behavior will become normalized.

[socalgop]

This is spreading a lot faster than either of those two. Italy is a look into our future if we don’t take it seriously. The panic buying of goods and selling of stocks is stupid, but it’s not panicking to take the need to smooth the curve seriously. If people practice social distancing for the next month we will be able to keep the number of cases within our number of hospital beds and be fine. If we don’t, it will look like Italy with hundreds dying each day.