[caww]

Nelson....the Corona Virus doesn't care what measures you take...the evidence is in this cannot be controlled. Lock downs didn't work to stop it, quarantines have not stopped it, tracing hasn't stopped it, masks and gloves have not stopped it. It's going to do what pandemics do...spread until it burns itself out.

It's called a Pandemic for a reason.

[NELSON111]

You know what - I ACTUALLY agree with you. I really do.

I do believe, however, that N95 masks would work. I agree that the regular masks people are wearing do not work as effectively. Well fitted N95 masks would work. We game-planned this during every PANEX I ever worked.

So - I actually DO agree with you. What I am having an issue with is the treatment here that it is not a pandemic (which is simply defying the definition - look it up) and that it is a non-issue). I have an issue with the ignorance of the impact that co-morbidities play in ALL disease processes - like the flu. How many people die from the flu every year? NOT MANY! They die from co-morbidities.

I am frustrated by the posts I see elsewhere where people say it doesn't even exist because they haven't met anyone who has had it - meanwhile, I have personally known over a dozen who have had it and two who have died. One who has had it was 19 - and she still struggles with the effects 7 months later.

So - while the death rate seems to be 3-4x higher than the flu - and while we have certainly learned MUCH on how to mitigate these issues - what a LOT of people on here don't want to seem to mention is the lingering impacts of those who get sick. You don't get that with the flu. My 19-year-old friend still has breathing issues. Doubtful that would be the case had she just had the flu.

So - the left - yeah - I agree they are over-reacting and for power. Sure. However- there is an over-reaction here as well into ignorance.