Coronavirus - the new pandemic

[clearspira]

this disease is more dangerous than is being claimed. Because from the data I know, Covid-19 is less dangerous than common flu.

Obviously, the data your using is the problem. The mortality rate of Covid-19 I've seen is about 2-3%, while the mortality rate of common flu is 0.1%. That's an order of magnitude difference.

In fairness, I agree. That is not the data I saw. Yours makes more sense.

[clearspira]

Kent Brockman: Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

Professor: yes I would kent

The danger is probably a lot higher for people who's basic hygene standards are so low they think that newspaper, leaves, and rags are acceptable substitutes for toilet paper.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

I could be wrong, but I think one poll that you're gonna want to keep an eye out for is on how people think Trump handles the situation.

[Darth Wedgius]

Mexico is considering closing its border with the U.S.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

What hypocrites. Let us in dammit.

[McAvoy]

I am an aircraft mechanic for corporate and private jets. So far the rich people don't care. But as of this morning, we have to wait for the planes to be decontaminated before we can work on them.

Also the local office where my office is has split us into two teams. Three hour 13.33 hour day work weeks. Team A works Monday through Wednesday. Team B works Thursday through Saturday.

I am on Team B. So I got a very long weekend.

[Yukaphile]

They are a big, corrupt, greedy corporation. It did surprise me. Of course, they'll probably raise the prices to exorbitant costs to make up for these losses when Disneyland reopens... so glad I don't care about those theme parks. I'm more concerned that proper care is given to the people infected. Though this seems like one of the worst cases of yellow journalism ever.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

So...does Our Glorious Leader have the virus?

[clearspira]

I could be wrong, but I think one poll that you're gonna want to keep an eye out for is on how people think Trump handles the situation.

He went from ignoring it to declaring an emergency. I would say "terribly". There are steps he needed to take weeks ago and yet clearly did not. I doubt his base will care but the normies might.

[clearspira]

In other news, no word from the anti-vaxxers as of yet? This is what a disease without a vaccine looks like chumps.