It’s interesting on so many levels. On the one hand, it seems like the right thing to do. Air-travel and gatherings are like Petri dishes. On the other, all

It’s interesting on so many levels. On the one hand, it seems like the right thing to do. Air-travel and gatherings are like Petri dishes. On the other, all these adjustments are going to have an economic impact. There’s a part of me that wonders if this “crisis” has been created by news coverage. The flu kills thousands every year. The early articles seemed to say that Corona virus was no worse that the flu. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-death-age-older-people-higher-risk-2020-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-death-age-older-... This businessinsider article says that 15% of people 80yrs+ die. https://time.com/5610878/2018-2019-flu-season/ https://time.com/5610878/2018-2019-flu-season/ But Time say 61,200 died a year ago from the flu. Course then I wonder when the US will get serious about doing some basic things to limit the spread of disease like: - require airlines to allow passengers to change their flight plans without penalty so sick passengers don’t have to fly - educate people to cough into their shirts instead of their hands - require public bathrooms provide paper towels instead of those damn hearing-wrecking air blowers. - step up vaccination efforts - for those of us forced to travel: don’t tell us what doesn’t work, tell us what does. If masks don’t work, should I wear a full hazmat suit? I’m willing to avoid getting another flu like I had last year...