The first U.S. layoffs from the coronavirus are here

Keep doing what you are doing. But stay away from older people who may have underlying health issues.

 

So that when you are infected it protects us from you.

 

This whole thing reminds me of Bird Flu, Swine Flu, SARS, Mad Cow, etc.

Yes, it has a higher mortality rate. This does not mean to panic, just stay smart and be hygienic. If you are susceptible to infection and have a weakened immune system, like any other bugs going around you should take measures to safeguard yourself.

There are currently 129,829 reported cases in the world. The global population is 7.8 billion people. That is an 0.0016% infection rate.

Of those 129,829 reported cases, 68,672 people have recovered. There have been 4,751 reported deaths. That is 0.00006% of the global population.

In the United States, as of today there are 1,289 reported cases. This does not include people who have recovered. Of those 1,289 cases, there have been 37 deaths. The United States population is 327.2 million. That is 0.00001% of the US population.

The 2019-202 flu season from October 1st 2019 through February 29th, 2020 saw an estimated 20,000-52,000 deaths. The flu killed between 0.006% -0.015% of the US population in 4 months. The coronavirus lead to 37 US deaths in two weeks. At a sustained rate, it will lead to fewer than 300 deaths in the same timespan, which would be approximately 0.00009% of the US population when it is all said and done.

Even if there is an outbreak, it has to get MUCH worse than things currently are before people should start buggin' out.

 

Went to a shipper the other day and she sneezed into her hand, wipped it on her t-shirt and handed me the bills.
Now I have a running nose.
I hope workers comp covers the c virus.

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-ne...he-flu-but-they-have-one-big-thing-in-common;

'coronavirus, proves deadly in around 3.5 percent of confirmed cases."

"it is significantly higher than seasonal flu, which typically kills 0.1 percent of patients"

"There is still considerable uncertainty around the fatality rates of COVID-19 and it likely varies depending on the quality of local healthcare," said Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology at University College London.

"That said, it is around two percent on average, which is about 20 times higher than for the seasonal flu lineages currently in circulation."

Contagiousness
Disease experts estimate that each COVID-19 sufferer infects between two to 3 others.

That's a reproduction rate up to twice as high as seasonal flu, which typically infects 1.3 new people for each patient.

 

The mask is to keep you from touching your face

 

No way to stop it. Better to be prepared. Also by the time it gets bad, doctors and nurses will be making the decisions on who to save and who to let die. Stub your toe get a minor infection go to hospital they may end up cutting your foot off because they are to busy treating others before they have time to see you allowing your little infection to explode into a big infection.