A year ago January I got the flu. I was and am in good health and it was very sudden so I got to the hospital later than I needed to. I nearly died, my kidneys were shutting down. I felt like I had a mild chest cold and then in 36 hours everything went south. Wow!
Had I not had immediate access to high quality, modern medical care I would not be here now regaling you with my pithy wisdom. After 4 days I was out of the hospital and 3 weeks later 90%+ recovered. Imagine the outcome had I lived in China?
This thing worries me considerably, but I also wonder how to factor in the difference in health, environment and access to decent medical care.
I do know this, based on what is happening to the supply lines of the companies and product lines I sell, I am likely to go broke before the virus gets me.
People in this country have no real understanding of how supply lines and distribution are being affected. They think they do, but they are very, very wrong. No one inventories much anymore. It is all JIT. So things can dry up mighty fast.
Yeah they marvel at a ‘hospital’ going up in 8 days but its just a warehouse to house dying people that will spread the disease around to everyone in there.
The CDC has to tell people to stock up on 2 weeks of food (and water), because much of the country - especially in cities - only keeps 2-3 days worth of food on hand.