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PTR clearly has concerns about the actions our politicians and governments are taking because of the Wuhan Virus. I understand his position;, I'm just not comfortable with his willingness to bet my life on people acting rationally to avoid the government taking drastic measures to safeguard our families and communities. To me, the virus has started World War III where the enemy is a germ that was born in Wuhan China.

People are not acting rationally, or doing their civic duty or thinking of anyone besides themselves. People have been acting greedy. Have you seen the store shelves for toilet paper.? People's vanity to have clean buttocks during this crisis is amazing. There has been a run on guns and ammo. People act like we're going to be living in the world of The Walking Dead.

The actions are being taken to "flatten the curve". The objective is mitigate the spread of the virus so that our healthcare system, with a fixed amount of resources, does not become overwhelmed. Otherwise, more people will needlessly die from this virus because of the lack of medical services. I have cancer and undergoing treatment. I'm at risk. I'm doing my part. Staying and working from home. Keep my social distance from others. I go out get food and supplies. I wash my hands many times a day. I do not have any sanitizer. None in the stores. However, I cannot say that all of my neighbors are being as responsible.

My neighbor is Vice Chair at the UT Medical School. What he explained is (1) The virus can live a lot longer in the air and on surfaces than the flu. (2) The mortality rate of the virus is an order of magnitude higher than the flu. (3) The virus is more contagious than the flu. (4) Because this is a novel virus, there is not vaccine yet. Bottom line, this virus has much greater potential than the flu to kill many more people.