Reality101:
2020 US deaths from influenza: 16,000 (TWO months)
2020 US deaths from Corona: <20
You should try to get a message to Trump before 1:30 and let him know he’s got nothing to talk about.
And how many exposed to Chinese Wuhan Coronavirus? A few thousand?
Better stat, how many get influence vs. die, by age and compare that to Chinese Wuhan Coronavirus.
And no one shuts down the country (look at NASA's latest pics showing decrease in pollution across China) or bulldozes roads into cities to isolate a simple flu. Did China over react? And Trump closed travel from China, did he over react?
Look up the word “endemic” and figure out how that applies to the stats you posted.
Corona Deaths in the US = 1.
I have been saying since the start: This is not going to kill you. It probably won’t make you very sick.
But it will impact you. Clearly, supply chain disruption is one thing. The second is the cultural impact due to behavior changes.
What is concerning are the people who do not understand they are not going to die. Equally concerning are those making comparisons of a flu throughout a six mo th timeframe to a new, unknown virus that has been on our shores for two weeks.
What is equally concerning is the complete dismissal of the actions taken by other countries. Actions that are significant and severe.
Finally, I am amused by the people dismissing the Chinese numbers. When you ask if the Chinese are lying, the answer is almost universally “Yes.” But when you ask if they are over reporting or under reporting...the answer is “under reporting.”
So many feel the Chinese are under reporting—yet they dismiss this as “no worse” than the flu.
Do you see the problem with that?
The best answer, in my opinion, is to establish your own expectations and prepare accordingly. Most people’s expectations are based on nothing other than their “feelings.” That is not a real good plan.