The virus may have “only” killed 11 to-date outside of the WA nursing home (which I haven’t seen so will take your word at it), BUT the bigger issue is the 1.7 MILLION dead US citizens that the CDC is projecting to be possible.
Italy had *3* cases on 2/21 and zero deaths. They are now, less than 3 full weeks later, up to 17,660 with 1,266 dead and their healthcare system (2nd best in the world) is near collapse. Worse, the virus spreads exponentially - and without total and complete shutdown like China did (quarantining 500 million people..wonder how that will work here..), there is virtually no way to stop it..and some (including me) do not truly believe it’s mostly shut down in China, regardless of what their leaders say.
Most estimates are that we are ~9 days behind Italy on the growth curve.
This thing is deadly serious and perhaps the greatest disaster any of us will ever face. It’s time we ALL start treating it as such.
j, Thank God you're back, you disaster bitch, I missed you.
Were you starting a forest fire, or throwing gasoline on a three car accident?
I missed your doom and gloom, and whining about death and destruction.
Were you a hangman, or a guillotine executioner? Which one are you?
1.7 million people are not going to die from this in the United States
Swine flue only 500K worldwide and 13K here in the US.
11 cases excluding the nursing home in Washington state isn’t really a lot. And this was 11 cases over 3 months. Sure it is still a concern.