Re:Tesla is not essential business as defined in the Alameda...
by kragen on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:24AM
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It seems comparable to the 1918 Spanish flu, which started in Kansas, except that so far it kills old people almost exclusively, not children or people in their prime. Hopefully it won't mutate.
Nevertheless, it's not a flu.
From the descriptions there and coming out of Italy it should be clear that COVID-19 is much worse than the worst flu we've seen in a decade.
The only thing keeping deaths low to this point is that it isn't as widespread.