[Shop-talk] everybody OK with Covid-19?

[John Innis]

I get where you are coming form, the media blasts everything out of
proportion, no doubt about that.  But I don't know jack about epidemiology,
so I have to take advice from someone who does.  That ain't the cheeto in
chief.  I am getting my advice from WHO and CDC.  Those boffins say take
this seriously, so I am.  For me that means monitoring the number of cases
reported near me and avoiding any unnecessary risk.  I got vaccinated
against the flu, so did a bunch of other people in the US.  We know that
even a nasty strain of flu won't run rampant through the nation.  Only like
one person in the world has been vaccinated against this stuff, and with no
idea if it is going to work or not.  The flu generally gets rolling in
October or November and dies down by May, so you have a limited exposure
window.  It is not yet know if this virus will follow the same pattern.
But early looks form the southern hemisphere, where it is now summer, seem
to indicate this isn't going to slow down on it's own.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 6:43 PM eric--- via Shop-talk <
shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Brian writes...
>
> > Wondering with amazement at the folks that are panic buying toilet
> paper. Man, we would have a heck of a time in this country if we were ever
> faced with an actual crisis.
>
> You said it!  I work for the NJ State Police in the Intelligence Center.
> The Governor and his staff is now there daily.
>
> The real problem is the media using this as a ratings grab across the
> world.  Look at the numbers, the number of people that died of the flu, in
> the US only, this year exceeds total worldwide fatalities by ORDERS of
> magnitude.  Every year, we see this activity.  But, because this one has a
> different signature, lets all lose our minds.
>
> Business are going to go under, and people are not going to be able to pay
> their bills and can lose their homes as a result of the panic they are
> instilling.
>
> This is no different then swine flu, bird flu, Sars, or any of the other
> types of outbreaks we have recently had.  But this one has the media waging
> the dog.
>
> /soapbox
>
>
>
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> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
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