Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?

Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by cycrutchfield on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @05:53PM (#22428340)

>The virus has an overall 98% survival rate

You say this as if 2% of people dying is somehow nothing. Think about everybody in your life that you care deeply about. Relatives, friends, mentors, etc. If this goes pandemic, at least one person in that category will likely die.

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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by pmoriarty on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:39PM (#22429173)

People should not just focus on the mortality rate of the virus itself, as people can also die:

- if the health care system is overwhelmed and they can't get treatment for other life-threatening illnesses

- if there are medicine shortages (because a lot of medicines are made in China, and it has shut down a lot of its manufacturing)

- if people lack necessities like food as panic sets in people start hoarding

- if people start refusing to help each other out of fear they'll get infected

In addition, something like 20% of the people who do survive can suffer lung damage that can seriously impact their life.

This is not something to be complacent about. Prepare and take care.

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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by reddog on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @08:02PM (#22429336)

Indeed. If you have 20 to 30 people that you love or care about a 2% mortality rate means that there is about a 50% chance at least one of them will die.

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