Corona Virus (COVID-19)( SARS-CoV-2) from China: Its going to be bad.

[imkopaka]

First US death in Washington.

https://apnews.com/f175d89567a26d59cab27725c9e8a0d7

[EastTexasRancher]

I’m betting far far far more people have contracted this than thought, and the mortality rate is far lower than calculated.

[03Lightningrocks]

I’m betting far far far more people have contracted this than thought, and the mortality rate is far lower than calculated.

I think so as well. I would be willing to bet that some have had it, got over it and it was not reported. The folks who have died are the same group that would have died from any flue illness.

[Liberty]

I’m betting far far far more people have contracted this than thought, and the mortality rate is far lower than calculated.

I think so as well. I would be willing to bet that some have had it, got over it and it was not reported. The folks who have died are the same group that would have died from any flue illness.

Some people have been reported to have very mild symptoms, Most people don't go to the doctor for every case of the sniffles. My Dr. really prefers people with mild flu symptoms stay at home and not expose the disease to all their staff and patients. I'm pretty sure that they don't test everyone to find out which virus strain they have.

[joe817]

First death from coronavirus in the United States confirmed in Washington state
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/health/u ... index.html

Washington governor declares state of emergency over virus
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cor ... t-69301250

[J.R.@A&M]

I'm not concerned about the virus; I'm more concerned about shortages caused by panic, so I laid in another 5-gal pail of dried goods.

On that subject, my neighborhood HEB grocery store in Cypress was cleaned out of drinking water as of last night. I don't know if it's from folks stocking up or the recent tap water problem down in Houston.

[philip964]

I'm not concerned about the virus; I'm more concerned about shortages caused by panic, so I laid in another 5-gal pail of dried goods.

On that subject, my neighborhood HEB grocery store in Cypress was cleaned out of drinking water as of last night. I don't know if it's from folks stocking up or the recent tap water problem down in Houston.

It’s the tap water problem in Houston.

No hand sanitizer that’s the Coronavirus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/ ... -that-bad/

Sixty year old with the Coronavirus on the Princess Cruise ship evacuated to US says not that bad. Might have gone to work with it.

[strogg]

I find it ironic how the preppers are 99.9% likely to just end up prepping because of themselves. I for one am not worried. I am not going out of my way to prep for what is really just a surprise flu outbreak on top of the current flu season.

[mrvmax]

10-15 thousand Americans have died of the flu this season (as stated my doctors on XM’s Dr. Radio today) but nobody’s panicking over that. This is hype that won’t affect most healthy people but it’s a good story to get people paying attention to the news. If you have a weak immune system or are elderly it can be deadly but to the rest there are greater threats.

[imkopaka]

I'm cleaning out my shed to make room for my new drum set and I decided to buy some more shelving units. Also noticed my supplies were a bit lower than I'd like. So I went to Costco yesterday to sure up my supplies and the place was a madhouse - never seen it so busy. Bottled water was down to less than 1/3 what is usually in stock, toilet paper was down to less than 1/4. I went ahead and grabbed some for myself. I'm not worried about the virus itself or its affect on my family or our community, but I am somewhat worried about the effect it will have (and is already having) on the global economy. Almost no one in America knows what it's like to have empty store shelves. I intend to have the essentials stocked up in case that happens, as well as ammo stocked up so I can defend myself against folks who failed to do so themselves and are now having to rob and loot to survive.

[tarkus]

I'm cleaning out my shed to make room for my new drum set and I decided to buy some more shelving units. Also noticed my supplies were a bit lower than I'd like. So I went to Costco yesterday to sure up my supplies and the place was a madhouse - never seen it so busy. Bottled water was down to less than 1/3 what is usually in stock, toilet paper was down to less than 1/4. I went ahead and grabbed some for myself. I'm not worried about the virus itself or its affect on my family or our community, but I am somewhat worried about the effect it will have (and is already having) on the global economy. Almost no one in America knows what it's like to have empty store shelves. I intend to have the essentials stocked up in case that happens, as well as ammo stocked up so I can defend myself against folks who failed to do so themselves and are now having to rob and loot to survive.

The hardest part of
The Zombie Apocalypse Coronavirus
is pretending I'm not excited.

[suthdj]

What's funny is the some of same people that carry a gun "incase" something happens that poopoo preparing for a virus that has a greater risk of killing them then getting in a gun fight. Go figure.

[mrvmax]

What's funny is the some of same people that carry a gun "incase" something happens that poopoo preparing for a virus that has a greater risk of killing them then getting in a gun fight. Go figure.

What is funny is that people allow the media hype to motivate them. I’m not telling anybody to not prepare, I’m telling people they are allowing hysteria to drive their actions. The facts is that your chances of getting this are low, but unless you have a weakened immune system you’ll most likely survive it if you do get it - just like when people get the flu. If you want to prepare so that you don’t get this then stay away from people that have it and wash your hands. It’s crazy that this has been blown out of proportion enough to drive the stock market down and to send the price of N95 masks (which probably won’t prevent most people from getting it anyway) skyrocketing. What’s really making this worse is overreacting to it.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... tment.html

[philip964]

https://abc13.com/5977560

Famous BeSomeone graffiti on a freeway overpass in Houston has been changed to washurhands