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“No handshakes please”: The tech industry is terrified of the coronavirus (2020)
- philipswood 6y agoFeb 13, 2020, 7:00am EST 2020 hindsight (pardon the pun) A year ago, what now seems basic precaution seemed inappropriately paranoid to some: "Some have criticized comparing the coronavirus to the flu because it has a far higher fatality rate and that it distracts from the new virus’s severity. But the fact remains that, so far, the flu has impacted far more people. The CDC estimates that 10,000 people have died from the flu this season, with some 19 million people in the US having experienced flu illness. Data from the CDC suggests that the flu is a greater threat to Americans than the coronavirus."
- Gibbon1 6y agoIt's been distressing watching people being shamed for taking too much or the wrong type of precautions.