Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Nautilus]

John2290 said:

Nautilus said:

I am, and that's why Im saying these stuff for you and the others.

Having tunnel vision just because there is an outbreak of a virus that isn't even THAT dangerous and with the governments around the world already taking the necessary measures will just worsen the situation.

Panicking about it now will result into what you have been witnessing:People hoarding products, which in turn will lead to scarcity of these same products that, if people were more calm about this whole situation, could be prevented.This way, everyone would have access to hand sanitizes for example, and that could help reduce the number of people being affected.

The same goes for economy.If you go nuclear about this, forget about the virus, we will probably even miss this period.People will die because they won't be able to afford their medical bills when this crisis hits.

So that's why is so important to take just the necessary measures to combat this outbreak, without destroying every other aspect of our society.

"That isn't even that dangerous". Scale up the numbers. It's disasterously dangerous and not just for old people, the mortality rate in young people is low because they have hospitals to go to ICUs. When the hospitals are filled the mortality rate slides downward to younger and younger people and it shoots of the scales compared to the numbers we already have. If you don't take the measures now and in time, millions die. If you don't take the measures at all hundreds of millions die and scoiety falls apart. 

Man, I hope you don't have to see this play out that badly for you to understand the problem. There is not enough hospitals or staff to treat these numbers, there aren't enough ICU beds nor equipment. There will be people dying at home with no help for them, young and old. Maybe you, maybe one of your family. Surely you aren't alone in this world with noone who this isn't a death sentence for in the best of outcomes? If so, take it seriously. If not, that's a pity but still take it seriously. 

I'm done replying. I can't deal with somone who can't look beyond their own selfish slice of life to help others who are in need of mortal help right now. Peace. 

The last big outbreak we had was the Swine Flu.It was estimated that the number of infected was between 700 million to 1.4 billion people.1.4 billion!!!!

And yet we survived that."Only"(relative to the population of the world) around 200k people died though, according to my 10 second research.I'm not saying that 200k is insignificant, but you guys are talking about millions dying.It's not happening.

We have been through worse diseases than this.While the Swine flu was less dangerous, it's infection rate was far higher and we already forgot about this.People have a really bad memory and keep forgetting that not only this shit happens regularly, but we always manage to beat it without it destroying humanity.

So yes, go take a walk, drink a few cups of Coke and calm yourself.The death toll will never reach the million, and probably wont even come close to the scale of damage that the Swine Flu did.

You can call me a cold person, a shit person or just egoistic piece of shit.You can tell yourself whatever you want, as long as that calms you down.Statiscally speaking, you wont die, and neither will your dad, so make damn sure that after this is behind us, you still have money to pay your bills.