I agree with your statements, I’m sure the numbers are not correct but I weigh the odds. Have I ever been a victim of crime? A family member was in my presence and was so I say yes. Have my family members? Yes, multiple times. Have I ever had the flu? Nope. Yet 40-60k people die in the US every year from the flu yet I never get a flu shot.Excaliber wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:10 amWhile numbers from governments that lie all the time and hide bad news are all over the place, it's noteworthy that China shut down a huge portion of their economically critical industrial base for over a month and has been incinerating far more bodies than the deaths they've been reporting. It's also noteworthy that medical personnel are wearing high level biohazard suits while treating patients. They don't do that for our seasonal flu.mrvmax wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:04 pmWhat 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.
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I agree that panic is both unwarranted and unhelpful. However, preparedness to remain isolated from the public for up to 90 days in the event the virus hits hard in your area would be a really good idea - sorta like carrying a gun in case you might need it.
I agree to have supplies to get by for 2 or more months but I have that already in hurricane supplies as anyone close to the gulf should. I also have a remote location I can go to away from the population if needed (with nearly unlimited water supply). I’ve thought things out and can survive if things ever go bad - I just don’t think Covid 19 will cause that. But, I’ve also been wrong a few times over the years too so we will see.