Coronavirus - are we all doomed?

Of course the last time I checked. It looks like we are going to die sooner or later. There is always something out there to get you (disease, accidents, bad drivers, stupidity).
 
Doomed? Don't know that. However, the corona virus is now officially a pandemic according the World Health Organization as of a newscast I saw this morning (Wed., 3/11/2020) with over 121,000 confirmed cases and over 4,300 deaths world wide.
 
I live in a very rural area. We had our first case announced on Saturday. We have about 10 confirmed cases as of today. Whats next week gonna be like?
I was walking down the street at lunch today and I saw someone pick up a cigarette butt off the sidewalk and light it up. Noting that, I'd say we're doomed.
This :poop: is getting real.
 
oh come on Jon. I think this is a paranoia thread. I've seen countless numbers of photos posted on facebook and other pages that show people hoarding products because the end of the world is here. LOL. not even close. there's a long way to go yet.
 
Along the line of "hoarding" - my stepson is a UPS delivery driver. Yesterday he delivered an Amazon order consisting of four CASES of toilet paper rolls - to one address. Now that is someone who gives a crap about staying home until it all blows over.

BTW - yes I made a little joke - but the delivery really happened.
 
Jon: As far as the Italian outbreak. Apparently 25% of the population is over 65. And the medical facilities could have been overwhelmed by the number of cases (I read about it yesterday).
 
People underestimate the effect of exponential increases. Just do the maths. It is very simple to do. Currently, the virus is spreading at a rate where the new infected daily totals are doubling every 4 days. So if in the UK we have 100 new cases today, in 4 days we will have 200 new cases per day, then 4 days after that 400 new cases per day.

Starting at 100 new cases per day, if the trend continues, that is about 25K new cases per day in one months time. One month after that? 6.4M caes per day.

Now anybody can say it is hyped or exaggerated. But if you do the maths you will realise its just because you haven't thought ahead.
 
I think you're living in the movie CONTAGION, Jon. Why don't you move to hollywood and try your hand there instead of delving into real estate? LOL
 
There is something on Netflix at the moment about viruses and pandemics. Might watch that just to scare the hell out of myself.
 
Jon said:
scare the hell out of myself.
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you're already scaring the hell out of new members that are reading this thread. funny how the word HELL is not sensored here.
 
I think we should scare everybody into isolation. Then 14 days later the entire virus will go kaput!
 
That's already happening Mr owner. The hospital in my town has a sealed every single door in every building they have in the city except for the main entrance near the fountain. Now how freaking stupid is that!?
 
Disease progression has been studied extensively in the past, with diseases ranging from Swine Flu to Ebola. Corona has done a lot of damage to those who are vulnerable, but most people feel it as a mild type of flu. So they get it, recover from it, and presumably can't be a good vector for further spread, since they will have (at least short-lasting) antibodies. Once Corona runs out of people who CAN spread it, it will die out. From the few reports coming out of China, that is happening. Which means there is an end in sight.
 
Corona = Mexican Beer.
Corona = Virus from China
 
Unfortunately, with my liver condition and age, either version would not be good for me. For the record, my liver condition is Non Alcoholic Steato Hepatitis, which is NOT liver damage due to alcohol abuse. But alcohol WILL make it worse anyway, so... no beer for me tonight.
 
The_Doc_Man said:
Unfortunately, with my liver condition and age, either version would not be good for me. For the record, my liver condition is Non Alcoholic Steato Hepatitis, which is NOT liver damage due to alcohol abuse. But alcohol WILL make it worse anyway, so... no beer for me tonight.
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I don't drink beer. come to think of it, I don't drink anything. maybe I should. then the devil would quit bothering me overnight. =)
 
There is some talk that it could become a seasonal thing, like flu. This guy has some very good information:

 
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