<div dir="ltr">I get where you are coming form, the media blasts everything out of proportion, no doubt about that. But I don't know jack about epidemiology, so I have to take advice from someone who does. That ain't the cheeto in chief. I am getting my advice from WHO and CDC. Those boffins say take this seriously, so I am. For me that means monitoring the number of cases reported near me and avoiding any unnecessary risk. I got vaccinated against the flu, so did a bunch of other people in the US. We know that even a nasty strain of flu won't run rampant through the nation. Only like one person in the world has been vaccinated against this stuff, and with no idea if it is going to work or not. The flu generally gets rolling in October or November and dies down by May, so you have a limited exposure window. It is not yet know if this virus will follow the same pattern. But early looks form the southern hemisphere, where it is now summer, seem to indicate this isn't going to slow down on it's own.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 6:43 PM eric--- via Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Brian writes...</font>
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Wondering with amazement at the folks that are panic buying toilet paper.
Man, we would have a heck of a time in this country if we were ever faced
with an actual crisis.</font>
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<br><font size="3" face="Calibri">You said it! I work for the NJ State
Police in the Intelligence Center. The Governor and his staff is
now there daily. </font>
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<br><font size="3" face="Calibri">The real problem is the media using this
as a ratings grab across the world. Look at the numbers, the number
of people that died of the flu, in the US only, this year exceeds total
worldwide fatalities by ORDERS of magnitude. Every year, we see this
activity. But, because this one has a different signature, lets all
lose our minds.</font>
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<br><font size="3" face="Calibri">Business are going to go under, and people
are not going to be able to pay their bills and can lose their homes as
a result of the panic they are instilling.</font>
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<br><font size="3" face="Calibri">This is no different then swine flu, bird
flu, Sars, or any of the other types of outbreaks we have recently had.
But this one has the media waging the dog.</font>
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<br><font size="3" face="Calibri">/soapbox</font>
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