This is what Trump is trying to avoid talking about. COVID-19 has between a 2%-5% lethality which is 1917 pandemic stuff. Schools closed, stores closed, people have to stay home indoors for 2 weeks etc.
From @CDCgov press call: “Disruption to everyday life might be severe,” says @DrNancyM_CDC. She said she told her children this morning, “While I didn’t think they were at risk right now, we as a family ought to be preparing for significant disruption to our lives.” #coronavirus
— Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) February 25, 2020
And what people don’t get is that it’s a game of whack-a-mole. If you avoid it successfully you’re not vaccinated or inoculated. So even if you avoid it THIS time, it can return in a few months and you have to shut everything down AGAIN. Until there’s a vaccine or we all get it.
— Patrick Hopkins (@patrickhopkins) February 25, 2020
In fact I think the national gov’t here in Italy is already considering this fact without talking about it publicly, because they’ve started talking about schools teaching kids via web (online video courses etc) while they’re at home.
— Patrick Hopkins (@patrickhopkins) February 25, 2020