Most of you here are talking out of your a**, sorry to be so blunt. The only thing to fear is the lack of fear itself. Before you all spread this nonsense, get yourself educated in some basic epidemiology and try to understand how logistical growth works. For the uneducated this may suffice, it is a very nice video and kept simple:
The other article I would highly recommend is:
https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/03/a-covid-19-coronavirus-update-from-concerned-physicians.html
But please dont spread stupidity if you are not even able to research information properly and try to read the whole article (might be a challenge for some). All the people saying sh*t like: "We only have xy infected people and only xy died so far", "Other infection events (like swine flu, bird flu etc.) in the past also resulted in deaths, so this is nothing special, ridiculous that they make such a fuss about it", "It only infects elderly people" etc. are not only uneducated about this topic but also show it to the whole world by freely stating these things in the public, forums, personal discussions etc. and are the reason SARS-Cov2 will flourish like plants in spring.
Just the title alone is driving me mad. "Corona obsession". You belittle this very serious topic and not taking this seriously will be the downfall to a certain extent. In Italy hundreds of people die every day and faster than they can cremate them. They need the military to transport all these corpses. And the other countries with less cases and deaths are not better off. They are simply dragging behind if we are not taking this situation seriously and try to minimize the spread by modulating the 3 major factors:
1) Infectionprobability of a given contact between individuals
-> can be modulated by coughing rules, hand hygiene, physical distance 1-2m (for all you imperials out there: 3.2 - 6.5 feet) especially to obviously ill people and/or elderly people or people with respiratory symptoms,protective clothing and masks primarily for medical personnel (not for private use)
2) Number of contacts per time unit
-> can be modulated by immediate isolation of confirmed ill people, quarantine of people suspected of being infectious, social distancing (!!!), no social events such as meetings in parks, sports games, weddings, parties etc.
3) Duration of transmission
-> Isolation of confirmed Covid-19 cases
We are all in this together, this is not a hoax, this is not an attempt to suppress the common people or to implement a new order (god, these conspiracy idiots are driving me so mad, everything seems to revolve around them).
@memataporfavor @Darkhaven @marcusuk63 @AcornUnderground You people give me hope that people are not that stupid after all!
@Jessica5 You are one of the people who are a big part of the problem. You look at numbers and state things like "statistically irrelevant" yet I bet you dont even know what that means, plus it is just a stupid perspective on the situation. Educate yourself, take the numbers and do the math yourself. Educate yourself about basic virology before you spit out harmful statements that many people will agree with like the copycats they are and ultimately will make this outbreak worse than it could be if we act together. Please, please watch the video I have linked here and read the article. I beg you, it is never too late to learn and change!
