Corona Virus # 3

[txdon]

I had to explain to my daughters cats that there was no need to hoard the Costco TP that just arrived. Plenty of litter to go around...

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Those are some large cats or a very small box of TP.

 

[riptides]

Those are some large cats or a very small box of TP.

Probably travel size TP. Or rationing is starting from the manufacturer.

 

[AllByteNoBark]

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I think those numbers are what is scaring a lot of people. If you look at it from percentages if they held the same as those figures show and the same number of people got this new virus, 35.5 million, it would result in 1.8 million deaths.

Regular flu death rate 0.0009

Corona Virus death rate .0525

The real question is are the numbers right. I am sure there are way more people with the corona virus than reported but am also sure that the regular flu has been under reported also. Just a WAG but I think the rate is high on the new virus and probably also high on the regular flu. I have had the flu several times in my life and have never gone to the doctor for it. Same for lots of friends and family.

Hopefully we don't see the numbers go nearly that high and it just goes away.

 

[Big Barn]

Local school district getting ready to shut down and be online learning only. The UW system will be shut down until 4/17 and they will re-eval at that time. Things are moving fast now.

My daughter did online schooling for Grades 11 and 12 so she would have the time to travel and launch her business career.

It’s the way of the future. Schools are good for social life skills but are educationally redundant.

 

[MossRoad]

No Mousetrap??

 

[Ford850]

Ohio is closing all schools starting at the end of classes on Monday, for 3 weeks. Their main goal through all of this is to limit contact in large groups. They estimate over 100,000 people in Ohio already have the virus, so they just want to slow the speed of the spread, not stop it. They said estimates right now are showing a peak in all of this by mid May. Then we can all buy TP again. :thumbsup:

 

[ovrszd]

My daughter did online schooling for Grades 11 and 12 so she would have the time to travel and launch her business career.

It’s the way of the future. Schools are good for social life skills but are educationally redundant.

My Grand Daughter did her first two years of College in her home on the computer. Visited the College once each semester.

 

[ruffdog]

Going to the store now to load up on supplies!

 

[airbiscuit]

Here is some of the testing data from the CDC site.

 

[Big Barn]

My Grand Daughter did her first two years of College in her home on the computer. Visited the College once each semester.

Similar to my daughter. She only had to go in to write exams. Always on her own timeline.