It’s now or never for the U.S. if it hopes to keep coronavirus from burning out of control

Washington Post ^ | March 9, 2020 | Tom Bossert

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I sincerely hope your right. I bought extra food and other things on my shopping trips for the past few weeks. I’m not too worried about catching it myself. I think I’m healthy enough to pull through without the awful symptoms some other people get. I’m prepping mainly for quarantines and the probability of shortages due to broken supply chains. Some sanitizers do not hurt for workplaces and other applications, though.

My hope is that y’all “flu bros” are right about it burning out as the weather gets warmer, as most of these things do.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I’ve thought about that, but with the estimated 20% of cases being serious*, I’m guessing that our health care system would quickly become overwhelmed, just like northern Italy, if the spring and summer temperatures don’t burn it out.

*I’m guessing serious cases would be more like 10% over here, due to our healthier baseline and younger average age, but those cases would still overwhelm the health system. 10% of 330 million = 33 million. No way our hospitals could handle all that over a few months.

[Ancient Man]

I’m well aware of who he is and his various positions.

[Jane Long]

Makes me wonder what the average age of freepers is. If it’s 60 plus then I guess we are expendable.

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I posted similar, earlier, today.

What happened to the value of our elders?

I’ve seen multiple posts about how this doesn’t kill/effect the young.

And, I wonder how close (or over) 60 some of these folks repeating this are.

[Drago]

Your 10% serious/hospitalized is closer to the mark:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/asia/south-korea-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html

On a lighter note...getting real in Memphis:

https://twitter.com/HOT97/status/1237346021895790593

[Cedar]

Great video from Memphis. That’s why we in the South love the South — it’s real!