Quote from: Gyfts on Today at 06:04:54 AM

Quote from: amishmanish on Today at 05:59:00 AM

Everyone knows we are surrounded by micro-organisms. The thing about a pandemic is that they are new viruses against which humans don't have immunity. When such a virus becomes highly contagious, it can wreck havoc and cause several deaths like this one has. You cannot close your eyes to history or to the death tolls in Italy, USA etc. Such hyperbole is just stupid.
It does feel unsafe to be outside because in countries like mine with huge population, low levels of awareness and tendency of people to panic, a spread can spell disaster. For now, it has become endemic in major metro cities and hasn't reached smaller towns owing to quarantine procedures and people following guidelines. You just have to be smart now. Travel has resumed and there still isn't widespread testing available. You could be safe in your community but people tend to do stupid things like hide travel histories. That apprehension is a little unnerving but the show must goes on.

If you're under 25, you literally have a 2/10,000 chance of dying from COVID-19. If you have no underlying conditions and are under 45, you have a ~0.1 percent chance of dying. Nearly 50% of cases are asymptomatic. Stop worrying.

I am worried more about catching it and spreading it than dying from it. I have worked away from home for most of my time after finishing studies. I have parents above 60 who have just about started to have a good life. I want them to be near me and have some joy and happiness for all the efforts they have had to put to get their children a decent education and all. I would hate it and would feel like i failed if they get in contact. There are cases of old people passing away in major metro cities already as hospitals were unable to take patients in.

So even though i have a better chance of coming alive out of this, i totally understand the paranoia. I don't think we should have a full lockdown or complete shutting of public places and businesses. Yet, it is important that we religiously follow personal habit modifications needed to cope with this so the spread can remain low and we don't have preventable deaths like the 100,000+ in USA right now. Cluster approach with tracking of travel outside designated zones may sound draconian but is necessary. Of course, rapid and reliable testing facility is the other main requirement. This last part is hard as you cannot have a BSL-3 lab everywhere. Or maybe it is time.

On a tangent, its funny how blind people can become in their political indoctrination. I thought life was this cheap only in third-world countries. Frankly, the 100,000+ US toll is a shame but Trump continues to pompously strut around like a duck saying shitty things, blaming other people and so many keep supporting him like he is Jesus incarnate. Infact, i never thought there were people cuckoo enough in the west to believe such shit. US has given so much to the rest of the world in the 20th century. Its kindda sad that it feels like the worst shithole country in the world right now.