Corona virus cases will skyrocket in a week.

Funny thing is it's gonna be trucks and drivers that are going to be delivering everything to sustain life and happiness (including meds) as usual, through this virus.

 

Heros all. Gave their lives for the support of illusion of mundane every day living as if nothing at all is bad.

I prefer to go out with my boots overflowing in brass... oh Wait...

 

Good grief man. Stop licking the fuel pump handles or something. Just as likely to catch something from a grocery cart. Relax. Take a few deep breaths. It's going to be ok.
Now go grab you a load of toilet paper and let's get this country back on track!

 

Once in a while I battle illness. But it has been a very long time since I landed in that ER the first of the year the way i did. That was a real bad one. But not as bad as it might have been.

 

I agree with you, my thoughts are this. Just let the #### virus run its course. Every single person should go out there and conduct business as usual and yes a lot of us will get the virus and most of us, like 99% in this country will get over it. Maybe do your best to keep it from like people age 75+ but the rest of us, just get the #### virus, build some immunity and get over it. That’s my opinion. From what I’ve read, almost nobody under the age of 40 will die from this. Between 40 and 60 like less than half of 1%. And most of those people have a serious underlying health issue. 85% of people who catch it will have very mild symptoms or won’t even notice it at all. Why the hell are we shutting entire countries down over a virus that 85% of people won’t even really become sick from it? Either they know somethings are not telling us or this is the biggest mass over reaction in human history.

 

I agree. I don't think I have been sick in my eight years OTR. When I worked construction I was sometimes driving a crew cab five deep. Always someone's baby moma's baby made me sick dude hacking in the back. Would shut the whole crew down for a week with a horrific illness that if spread through a nursing home would mean certain death. I have always considered OTR a healthy alternative.
I understand the fear but honestly think it will subside in a few weeks. It's a great lesson to show how vulnerable we really are if nothing else.

 

Its still in its infancy here in the states, we don't know if we are going to be able to contain it or not.

But it's looking kind of bad so far, unfortunately.

It's not yet a pandemic, but it's looking more and more likely as governments panic and close their borders, order travel bans, etc.

If it breaks out and spreads across the globe then we are supposed to be looking at 50+ million dead. About 1/4 people will catch it.

That's what GE has been talking about today. Manufacture is pretty much impacted all over the world. China is completely offline.

GE's manufacturing plant in Seattle was shut down because the local virus cluster or whatever was just across the street. They manufacture drugs, insulins, vaccinations, etc.

Italy and Israel are closed completely. I am not sure if any new are added to that.

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I've watched the red on that map grow fairly quickly this past week or so.

 

Europe is shutting down because they remember what a "mild illness" can potentially turn into.

The US has never in it's short history as a nation dealt with a plague. Europe has. We never saw the Black Plague, Spanish Flu didn't hit us any where near as hard. We have never suffered the losses Europe or the Asian nations have.

They get it. Viruses mutate faster than any other disease vector. Every time a virus jumps from one host to the next is a chance for mutation. That is why they are scared. Today, nCovid19 is mild. What about next month? A virus that is as contagious as nCovid19 is an epidemiologists darkest nightmare.

Currently, a 3% (global average) kill rate. Who is to say it will stay at 3%? What if nCovid19 kicks it up a notch? When will Americans begin to take it seriously? At 5%? 15%? 50%?

Like I said, viruses mutate. Fast. The key is beating this bugger NOW, while it is still weak. We wait, it gets worse. Much worse.

And bear in mind, IF this particular bugger hits a 30% kill rate (which IS a possibility, whether you want to believe it or not), civilizations could fall. It took Europe CENTURIES to recover from the Black Plague. Heck, they are STILL recovering, thanks to other issues (two World Wars and the Spanish Flu).

Disease should never be ignored, nor scoffed at. Just because it seems "mild" now doesn't mean it should be ignored. After all, it wasn't that long ago that Flu was considered a "mild" disease, and look at it now.

 

Especially all the flip flop wearing dirty gym short wearing man bun drivers!! Not only a hand shake but a hug too!!