I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad

Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad by ianai on Saturday February 29, 2020 @08:50AM (#22450513)

This is a pretty dismissive thread and P.O.V. The point is the combination of all characteristics of it is bad. No one has a resistance to it because it’s novel. It looks to have an infection rate of 2 for 1 infected. It will likely reach huge numbers of people and kill orders of magnitude more than the usual flu. If it gets to a billion people we’re talking tens of millions dead.

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Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad by JohnStrangeII on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:07AM (#22450595)

To add to this, what some people apparently don't realize is that those who get mild symptoms and ignore them or don't get tested and quarantined will almost certainly infect others who might die from it. It could be your elderly neighbor, your parents, grandparents, or an acquaintance with a compromised immune system.

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Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad by ianai on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:09AM (#22450613)

Yep and there are far too many people who will gladly come to work very sick. I’ve suffered far too many examples in corporate America.

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