(03-12-2020, 05:45 PM)Takedown Wrote:  Getting infected is also slim, unless you're just now learning proper hygiene.

(03-12-2020, 05:48 PM)grampahol Wrote: I'm not a fearful type and have taken substantial risks throughout my life, some ridiculously risky that nearly killed me. However, I do understand unreasonable fear. Heck, as is we have millions of gun owners acting like their suburban homes are armed fortresses ready to kill just your average, every day run of the mill burglar/prowler trying to swipe your yard gnomes.. Is it any surprise we have millions overreacting to a deadly virus that can kill potentially kill millions? That doesn't surprise me in the least. Years ago when I was hitch hiking coast to coast I would see people driving 70 MPH reach across to lock their car doors as they passed me AS IF I was going to stop a 3000 pound Cadillac going 70 MPH with my bare hands.. Hint: I never did..
For years Hollywood has been scaring us with movies of viruses, nuclear annihilation and all manner of nasty potential events that ran the gamut from nuclear wars to viruses, muggers, and even brown people moving next door. We probably all know people who are afraid of their own shadows at night time under the covers in bed. (By the way, the boogie man is real..He lives under my bed in a 20 bedroom estate.)
This one is really bringing out the fear in a LOT of people including those not normally associated with panicky behavior.
My father just passed away at 91 and he was constantly checking his temperature even though he rarely left the house to get exposed to much of anything. I really don't know if he was exposed at the doctors office and will never know considering he's due for cremation tomorrow. His death was not unexpected though.
I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. If you do get the virus and survive it it'll be no consolation if everyone else in your household doesn't.

(03-12-2020, 05:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So the only people who catch the virus have poor personal hygiene.

All you have to do is wash your hands every time you touch a door to enter abuilding, or exchange money, or touch a gas pump, or an ATM, or a seat in public transportation, or in a theatre, or in a restaurant, or in any office.


All the clean people who wash their hands every time they do anything like this will be just fine. 

(03-12-2020, 05:30 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: Organizations have to follow the norm or they are vulnerable for lawsuits for any reason.  Anyone can sue for any reason.  

(03-12-2020, 05:59 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No.  You can't just sue for any reason if you have no chance of winning.

(03-12-2020, 05:48 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Yeah, but won't the chance of dying be less slim if we don't take measures to prevent the spread of it?  Also, unless the media is lying and they could be for all I know, the virus may be airborne so washing your hands isn't as fool-proof a method of prevention as we hope.

(03-12-2020, 05:45 PM)Takedown Wrote: If homelessness deaths in America was the coronavirus, people would be going mad. 

(03-12-2020, 05:42 PM)Takedown Wrote: According to the CDC, around 36,000 per year die from the flu (in the U.S. alone btw).

Quote:COVID-19, the illness caused by coronavirus, proves deadly in around 3.5 percent of confirmed cases.

While this is not the same as its mortality rate, given many people may be infected but not realise it, it is significantly higher than seasonal flu, which typically kills 0.1 percent of patients.

"There is still considerable uncertainty around the fatality rates of COVID-19 and it likely varies depending on the quality of local healthcare," said Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology at University College London.

"That said, it is around two percent on average, which is about 20 times higher than for the seasonal flu lineages currently in circulation."

Quote:Contagiousness

Disease experts estimate that each COVID-19 sufferer infects between two to 3 others. That's a reproduction rate up to twice as high as seasonal flu, which typically infects 1.3 new people for each patient.

(03-12-2020, 05:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So the only people who catch the virus have poor personal hygiene.

All you have to do is wash your hands every time you touch a door to enter abuilding, or exchange money, or touch a gas pump, or an ATM, or a seat in public transportation, or in a theatre, or in a restaurant, or in any office.


All the clean people who wash their hands every time they do anything like this will be just fine. 

(03-12-2020, 06:03 PM)Takedown Wrote:  "Trump isn't doing enough to stop coronavirus". Yes, let's blame the spread of a mild virus on the POTUS. 

(03-12-2020, 05:48 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So now the courts are in on it to.  


All people have to do to win a lawsuit I say "The media said it was bad.", right?

(03-12-2020, 06:09 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: You know that the jury is affected by media correct?  That is why they are sequestered.   

(03-12-2020, 04:25 PM)Nately120 Wrote: You seem to be indicating that people are overreacting because of who is president.  Seeing professional sporting leagues go on hiatus and lose money makes me think there is more to this than just being scared by the media. 

(03-12-2020, 06:12 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I'd wager if you have a strong stance for or against this corona virus' seriousness you got it from the media.  Unless more people than I expect are currently posting on this board whilst wearing lab coats.  There is a "media" to feed every side's insanity.  The very idea that the media can't be trusted comes from the media.

(03-12-2020, 06:17 PM)J24 Wrote: Sports are not losing money though because of the TV contracts they signed and they don't get much from the ticket gate. Same as Disney there losing money right now is overstated because they closed a theme park.

(03-12-2020, 06:25 PM)psychdoctor Wrote:
I had to think about this one...

But I do believe each side of the media spectrum benefits from sensationalism.