There’s something of a social stigma around treating this thing seriously but alarm bells should be ringing at this point. We have, essentially, a hurricane of

There’s something of a social stigma around treating this thing seriously but alarm bells should be ringing at this point. We have, essentially, a hurricane off the coast (so to speak) and no one can say with certainty whether it will blow over or whether people are going to take a direct hit. Like with storms, there’s the fear that hyping it up too much will lower trust in the future. However, not preparing people and then having the worst happen is many times worse. This thing should absolutely be taken seriously. The responsible thing at this point is to prepare for worst and plan. The worst being an overwhelmed healthcare system because too many people require hospitalization all at once. If the hurricane blows over, we’ll have stocked up our emergency kits that we, frankly, all should have had in the first place. But we should really stop comparing this to the flu.