worrywort
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Anyone have any thoughts on the Coronavirus? How are you all responding to it? What do you think's gonna happen next?
I can't quite tell how seriously to take it. At first I thought everyone was overreacting, but now I think it's a bit more serious. The good news is that most people seem to recover fine. Some barely even have any symptoms, so it's probably not much different to seasonal flu in that regard. The death rate may be a little higher than flu, but I doubt it's 3.4% cause many people probably don't report it. But the bad news is that it seems to be highly contagious, so I think the numbers may well keep rising for quite a while yet, which means a lot of people are gonna die from this.
I'm wondering what the right response to this should be, individually and nationwide. Nationwide, if a whole country shuts down it could slow the spread. But it could also cripple the country economically which could also lead to more deaths, if you play it all out, i.e. less money for social welfare. So maybe it's about striking a balance, just restricting the less vital causes for social gathering, but keeping food stores and hospitals open. And individually, it's similar; if I lock myself away from the world I'd probably be safer. But is that really the right way to live? How much should we let these things cower us and stop us from living?
I can't quite tell how seriously to take it. At first I thought everyone was overreacting, but now I think it's a bit more serious. The good news is that most people seem to recover fine. Some barely even have any symptoms, so it's probably not much different to seasonal flu in that regard. The death rate may be a little higher than flu, but I doubt it's 3.4% cause many people probably don't report it. But the bad news is that it seems to be highly contagious, so I think the numbers may well keep rising for quite a while yet, which means a lot of people are gonna die from this.
I'm wondering what the right response to this should be, individually and nationwide. Nationwide, if a whole country shuts down it could slow the spread. But it could also cripple the country economically which could also lead to more deaths, if you play it all out, i.e. less money for social welfare. So maybe it's about striking a balance, just restricting the less vital causes for social gathering, but keeping food stores and hospitals open. And individually, it's similar; if I lock myself away from the world I'd probably be safer. But is that really the right way to live? How much should we let these things cower us and stop us from living?