anyone changing plans ?

[DRPhil]

I wish that I had stayed to my original departure date.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/30/...y-for-elderly/

I'm not elderly, nor sick, nor weak (maybe bitter ). The disease does not affect all equally, but the media is preying upon public fears and ignorance. Covid-19 kills an estimated 13.4% of patients 80 and older, compared to 1.25% of those in their 50s and 0.3% of those in their 40s. The vast majority recover. They should have just targeted the vulnerable for Protection.

I wish I had stayed in JA, the beach is always great!

[Kold Ass Mofo]

They should have just targeted the vulnerable for Protection.

Just the vulnerable, that is not so simple. Who's not vulnerable? Heart disease, diabetes, obesity, COPD, and high blood pressure are underlying conditions that can cause a bad outcome with this virus. That describes a huge swath of the population in North America.

The majority of those hospitalized and infected in our county are under 50 years old. The over 60 people just die after a few days, its the younger folks who are requiring intensive medical care for days or ever weeks. Every country should have locked down there borders in February. Then we wouldn't be in this mess, AND have our borders essentially closed. We stupid 'Americans' are great at ignoring problems until they land right on our toes. We watched the situation in Italy and denied that it would be a problem.


Jan. 22: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” — Trump in a CNBC interview.

Jan. 30: “We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five — and those people are all recuperating successfully. But we’re working very closely with China and other countries, and we think it’s going to have a very good ending for us … that I can assure you.” — Trump in a speech in Michigan.

Feb. 10: “Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April. We’re in great shape though. We have 12 cases — 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.” — Trump at the White House. (See our item “Will the New Coronavirus ‘Go Away’ in April?“)

Feb. 14: “There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm — historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So we don’t know yet; we’re not sure yet. But that’s around the corner.” — Trump in speaking to National Border Patrol Council members.

Feb. 23: “We have it very much under control in this country.” — Trump in speaking to reporters.

Feb. 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” — Trump in a tweet.

Feb. 26: “So we’re at the low level. As they get better, we take them off the list, so that we’re going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time. So we’ve had very good luck.” — Trump at a White House briefing.

Feb. 26: “And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.” — Trump at a press conference.

Feb. 26: “I think every aspect of our society should be prepared. I don’t think it’s going to come to that, especially with the fact that we’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up.” — Trump at a press conference, when asked if “U.S. schools should be preparing for a coronavirus spreading.”

Feb. 27: “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.” — Trump at a White House meeting with African American leaders.