Responses should be localized, so this isn’t necessarily bad. I know the CDC is urging local governments to look at the size of a gathering, and then look at the capacity of their public health response. That will vary from place to place and gathering to gathering.

‘cause ‘Murica

Yup, means nothing in practice. They’ll still be coordinating a multinational effort to combat the spread, individual states like a certain world leading economy that shall remain nameless will continue to fork that effort up, and individuals should continue to do their part by washing their hands, not hoarding vital…

False

Contact another doctor.

South Korea is looking at a sub 1% mortality rate (although it’s early as I’ve read things can go from mild to critical very suddenly) - likely because they quarantined and started testing aggressively right away. They focused on the public health emergency and not the optics.

And failing at taking care of the stock market.

Well you yourself just laid it out now, didn’t you? Taking your numbers 12.5k people dead out of 61M infected is a mortality rate of 0.02%. Of the global cases we’ve seen of COVID-19 we’re looking at a mortality rate (based on numbers available, based on limited testing) of somewhere between 2-4%.

I’d post a million articles about media hype during the H1N1 outbreak, but you won’t read them because you’re just here to post disingenuous arguments.

It also takes up to 14 days to show up. factor that in

I haven’t seen that, but some people on social media are spreading natural remedies like cocaine and drinking bleach can cure corona.

Tell them that washing their hands for 20 seconds with soap and water creates a supplement within their body that fights it.

Yea! That’s why I don’t have any friends, I’m practicing safe hygiene!

I’m actually surprised it’s been so slow. I mean, Wuhan is 12-18 hours away from anywhere in the world by plane and the virus was first discovered end of ‘19/early ‘20. The way virus vectors out exponentially, I’dve expected a lot more people to be infected at this point.

“Our best evidence is that “social distancing” helps”

That seasonal flu is something that our bodies are “used to” but this is a new, entirely foreign virus that we don’t know much about so we need to be very careful. 

I go to twitter for all my factual information. It’s up to date and I know it’s 100% accurate and not tainted by any agenda.

“In 3PO’s name!”

Chirpa, using weaponry left behind by the Empire, launched a campaign* to solidify power and make himself Chief for life. Wicket and other Ewoks devoted to the old democratic processes have staged their own rebellion from the far side of the moon, using an old crashed star coozer as their base.

If it’s not “Chief” Wicket, then what has any of this been for?