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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by sumofi on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:08PM (#22552883)
The chance right now that you will know someone you love being killed by Corona is really realistic.

I'm not sure how you think how critical it is. I personally have never had this issue and do not mind at all to lay still for a whole year to try to reduce the risk of this happening.

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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by koyote on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:33PM (#22553056)
> The chance right now that you will know someone you love being killed by Corona is really realistic.

Unless all the people you love are over 80 (in which case the chance of them dying before Corona hit was not much less realistic than it is now) that sentance is just completely false.

Why spread such fear and misinformation?

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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by defined on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:09PM (#22553316)
It’s not only over 80s. It’s anyone with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, morbid obesity, and some others, which collectively describes large swaths of the US population.
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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by vharuck on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:35PM (#22553460)
My wife is a pre-kindergarten teacher and has asthma. I'm very worried.
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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by sumofi on Thursday March 12, 2020 @10:41AM (#22557332)
I tell you a secret: if not traveling for a year means that even my grandfather with 91 lives a year longer, I'm on board.
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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by jbay808 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:16PM (#22553353)
You have your math wrong.

Unless none of the people you love are over 70, that sentence is completely true.

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