Since you had been watching my posts over the last few days with derision, I hope you did not miss the threads on which I posted the CDC’s information, the symptoms to watch for, the incubation period etc.
Including the fact that I had said I disinfected my office and went out and bought hand sanitizers and disinfectants.
Then think about what Brit Hume said yesterday, and with which I agree, the press should be ashamed at how they have pimped this story for the last 4 days during a slow news cycle.
No one knows if this will turn into a pandemic. But I lived through Gerald Ford’s swine flu debacle, apple alar scares, numerous hysterical proclamations of things to be afraid of and I have limited respect for WHO.
I will gladly move the clock forward by two months and eat humble pie and apologize to you with all due sincerity in order to make this thing NOT become a Pandemic. You want to be right, and I want you to be right! I have no desire to say I told you so, because that would mean thousands, tens of thousands, potentially millions of people may die. I don’t give a rat’s hiney about being RIGHT here. I am concerned about being RIGHT.
The problem is, 2 months from now, if it turns out I was right to be concerned, then we can’t change the clocks BACK so that people will behave differently and not contribute to the spread of this.
I am simply saying that IMO, it is better to be safe than sorry and laugh about it later, than to blow it off and regret it later - for one’s own sake, their family’s sake, and all the other poor saps who may be infected by EACH person who laughs it off.
Also, if you are disinfecting and buying hand sanitizer, then apparently you ARE taking this with due seriousness. So I don’t know why you would post as if you are not. All that does is empower other fence-sitters to NOT take it seriously. If it’s worth it to you to take care with your own life, why would you want to imply to ANYONE that they have no reason to be concerned - unless you just want to make sure you get all the hand sanitizer before they do.
(I have been on a work deadline until today, so today was my first opportunity to go shopping... No masks and no hand sanitizer at my local WalMart, and I don’t even live in a state with any reported cases.)