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He should keep these thoughts to himself for sure, but he’s not wrong. Hoarding toilet paper and food staples is dumb. Seasonal flu affects more kids and has

He should keep these thoughts to himself for sure, but he’s not wrong. Hoarding toilet paper and food staples is dumb. Seasonal flu affects more kids and has worse symptoms than Coronavirus (as of now)

tasty_freeze 7y ago
Is your argument that the number of people who die from the flu annually is greater than the number of people in the US who have died from the coronavirus in the past two weeks, and thus the coronavirus news is overblown? Look at the growth charts on this page: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ About 10x more cases every 8 days. Sure, the medical care for the current number of critically ill people is OK for now, but can it handle 10x that in 8 days? 100x that in 16 days? Have you seen videos of hospital wards in Italy? But I agree, hoarding TP is dumb.
- turtlebits 7y ago
  I'm not saying the news is overblown, but of those contracting the virus, kids are of least concern (mild to no symptoms), especially if they don't have any other serious health conditions.
  - WalterSear 7y ago
    https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/children-less-sick-covid-19-but-still-spread-the-coronavirus-12537834 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/children-less-sic... https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-children-serious-illness.html https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-children-serious-ill... http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/childrens-covid-19-risks-unique-chinese-studies-find http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/childrens... https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/most-coronavirus-cases-kids-are-mild-some-are-risk-worse-n1163001 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/most-coronavirus-... https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/health/coronavirus-children-sick/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/health/coronavirus-children-s...

tasty_freeze 7y ago

Is your argument that the number of people who die from the flu annually is greater than the number of people in the US who have died from the coronavirus in the past two weeks, and thus the coronavirus news is overblown? Look at the growth charts on this page: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ About 10x more cases every 8 days. Sure, the medical care for the current number of critically ill people is OK for now, but can it handle 10x that in 8 days? 100x that in 16 days? Have you seen videos of hospital wards in Italy? But I agree, hoarding TP is dumb.

turtlebits 7y ago
I'm not saying the news is overblown, but of those contracting the virus, kids are of least concern (mild to no symptoms), especially if they don't have any other serious health conditions.
- WalterSear 7y ago
  https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/children-less-sick-covid-19-but-still-spread-the-coronavirus-12537834 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/children-less-sic... https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-children-serious-illness.html https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-children-serious-ill... http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/childrens-covid-19-risks-unique-chinese-studies-find http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/childrens... https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/most-coronavirus-cases-kids-are-mild-some-are-risk-worse-n1163001 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/most-coronavirus-... https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/health/coronavirus-children-sick/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/health/coronavirus-children-s...