Quote from: bkbirge on March 17, 2020, 07:15:26 PM

Quote from: Lambie Slayer on March 17, 2020, 07:07:25 PM

https://sharylattkisson.com/2020/03/new-the-first-59-u-s-coronavirus-deaths-by-state-and-age/

This thing is almost exclusively taking out very sick very old people. Most of these people would have probably died this year or next anyway.

Ill bet when this is over the global death rate will not be any higher than normal.

People talk about health systems being overloaded but this thing is just freeing up beds by taking out people who would be using hospital beds a lot in the coming year.

Covbull-19 is not to be feared. Asia has basically beaten it in a matter of weeks with about 5k total death.

Bitcoin getting stronger every day, it never panics.

What's happening here locally is the emergency rooms are filled up with people who have questionable coughs, while people who are actually in dire need are being sent home because there are no beds. I disagree with an easy dismissal of this event. It's a mess.

Also what's happening in the US, at least the 'merica portions of it...
https://news.yahoo.com/buyers-virus-fears-priority-isnt-184327709.html

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Some dealers said an unusually high proportion of sales have been to first-time gun buyers.

We attribute it mainly to the virus scare, said Hyatt, whose gun store has seen sales increase 30% to 40% percent since late February. The presidential election and stock market fluctuations have also been driving business, he said, and the store is now selling more than 300 firearms a week.

People have a little lack of confidence that if something big and bad happens, that 9-1-1 might not work. We saw it with Katrina, Hyatt said, referring to the breakdown in emergency response after the 2005 hurricane on the Gulf Coast. People havent forgotten that a disaster happened, and the government didnt come.