Early this morning I had a surprising and extremely vivid dream that I immediately understood was related to the latest Coronavirus. In the dream I was standing beside a HUGE animal (on its all fours its very wide back was level to my chest). I was kinda stroking its back, which was not that pleasant to the touch because of its wiry/bristly hair. I thought to myself that it might be a boar, or maybe an extremely large hog of some sort. As I was stroking it, I regarded it with respect, maybe even love (not exactly warm and fuzzy love, but love), because it was a sentient being. Until my stroking neared its backside. Then I became instantly repulsed--and woke up fast, with heart-pounding alarm.
I thought this latest Coronavirus had been traced back to bats, or maybe pangolins (a new-to-me animal and a good word to remember for Scrabble and Boggle!), but after a bit of Googling today, I learned in an article titled "Mystery Deepens Over Animal Source of Coronavirus," as well as from other articles, that the animal source is still inconclusive. "Bats could have passed the virus to humans, but there are key differences between the RBD sites in the two viruses. This suggests that this specific bat coronavirus did not directly infect people, but could have been transmitted (it) to people through an intermediate host, say researchers." Perhaps the "intermediate host" is a wild boar-type animal, or maybe even domesticated swine that's been infected by bats and then its flesh eaten by humans. Or perhaps, remembering my repulsion in the dream as I neared its backside, it's transmitted to humans through contact with this animal's waste...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00548-w
I have been contacting my representatives (governor, senator, congressman) all morning, demanding to know what preparations my local government is taking to protect their constituents against the spread of coronavirus. I suggest everyone does the same.
I'm seeing a lot of people I know crowing about the "low" mortality rate. A 2% mortality rate means 6.5 million Americans could die. If 10% of the population has complications, that means 32 million could be pouring into hospitals. We are not prepared for this. But there are none so blind as those who will not see.
I'm trying to take what action I can, which is admittedly not much. Contacting my representatives makes me feel a lot better. Mentioning it here in case doing so helps someone else.
Read The Atlantic article I linked to earlier. The numbers you quote are a little off. It's expected that 80% of the US population will be infected, of whom a few will remain asymptomatic. The mortality rate is currently 3.4% (per Johns Hopkins real time dashboard). So let's say 70% of people come down with COVID19, that means ~210 million Americans infected, and about 750,000 dead of it. Of the infected people, not all will need to go to the hospital, but probably >50 million will, and there is a grand total of 1 million hospital beds in the US in total.
It's not worth panicking over. In fact, this morning when I woke up I had the feeling that we're going to find out very soon that this virus has been circulating all over since November, and that many people who have already recovered will never know they had it.
In the meantime, prepare your own household. Basically stock up on stuff you'd need for a killer blizzard or hurricane, except water bottles, you won't need them. DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE. Stop shaking hands. Avoid crowds. Wash hands constantly (treat yourself to a nice spa type moisturizer while you're shopping). Air out your house daily.
The Vietnamese health department made a song to remind you to wash your hands and it is awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQx8EnFNkxM
Actually there's more. This song has is now a number one hit in Vietnam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lP9dDcIe3o
And after you watch the John Oliver clip on the Vietnamese hand-washing hit, if you haven't seen SNL's spoof on Trump's handling of the virus, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGFkad-N-kk
We now have reached 100 cases in the US with 6 deaths. I am certain there are may undetected cases that we never found because the CDC never allowed for their testing.
I laughed SO HARD at John Oliver doing the dance to that video last night that I nearly peed!
There are now 2 confirmed cases in Georgia. Wonder if Impotus will still visit the CDC Headquarters in Atlanta now that these 2 cases have been confirmed in Fulton County - the county in which Atlanta is located. I had wondered if we had had cases here before that were not caught due to not testing...as the airport here is an International Airport and one of the busiest in the world. Since they weren't testing for it many cases could have slipped by or been misdiagnosed as the flu since no testing was done. Our area had an uptake in severe flu cases mid January thru February. He was due to come on Wednesday to the CDC. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/first-cases-coronavirus-confirmed-georgia/4P22YK37OBF2ZIC5VY2YOX7KDE/ It's interesting that the CDC has now changed its publishing of number of cases etc on their website. The muzzle of Impotus has been slapped on the very institutions designed to inform and protect us.
The NYT had an article that spoke about how you can contract the virus:
I have another question?
How long do you think it will be before a city or county says a democratic candidate rally can't be held in a given location because it is too risky and will transmit more infections?
How will campaigning change in the near future? Empty town halls? Kinda defeats the purpose right?
How about sporting events in the US? When do those start getting canceled? Will they be played for tv to empty arenas? That has happened in a another country with soccer.
No one seems to have answered you, so I'll give it a go.
I think it will depend on how badly Twitler wants to hold his own rallies. The Regime can't exactly ban Dem rallies without also banning GOP ones. That being said, from a public health standpoint, it's probably best if they are all cancelled. Technology allows for virtual town halls EXCEPT in deep red country (lookin' at you, KY), where internet access is practically non-existent. Americans tend to be very bull-headed, so it's unlikely anything here will ever get cancelled. The strain of anti-intellectualism and anti-science runs so deep, and then there's the capitalist greed factor. Cancelled events generally require refunding ticket $$, so I doubt it will happen, whether for political or sporting events. I do think some performing arts orgs or individual performers will do the right thing. Green Day is getting ready to tour, and they are already cancelling shows. I also think there's a greater possibility municipalities will do their best to discourage large public gatherings, especially because they know they don't get paid - the Regime has been stiffing localities since 2015.