Re:Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close
by gdubs on Thursday February 27, 2020 @03:38PM
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So, 1% of 50 year olds is somehow supposed to be comforting? In today’s world, 50 is... not very old.
Also, not everyone gets diabetes, to take just one example. But the common cold — which this is similar to in many ways — lots of people get that.
Finally, while panic is bad — seriousness is good. And to me, I’m looking at the fact that so far most of the [critical] cases have happened in [China] where there are a lot more ventilator beds per hospital than in a place like the United States. So I think a healthy degree of caution and respect for this novel virus is more than warranted.
Also, not everyone gets diabetes, to take just one example. But the common cold — which this is similar to in many ways — lots of people get that.
Finally, while panic is bad — seriousness is good. And to me, I’m looking at the fact that so far most of the [critical] cases have happened in [China] where there are a lot more ventilator beds per hospital than in a place like the United States. So I think a healthy degree of caution and respect for this novel virus is more than warranted.