Do you know that there are people who have recovered from this virus?

@SW-User here in the New York/New Jersey area, the media thrives on negativity and scare tactics. Hopefully it's not the same elsewhere

@chuck7882 I don't deny there's plenty of that as well. But they do that with everything. Because they know people are going to jump at reading and listening to the bad news more than they will the good news.

@TexChik 7% still leaves a lot of room for so much death though. If what the President said is true and the US loses even anything close to 100,000 people in the span of a few weeks. I don't care what the recovery rate is...that's a lot of death in such a short span from a singular event. An act of terrorism by Mother Nature (or China if your tin foil hat is tightly affixed this morning).

@SW-User The swine flu infected 66 million, hospitalized 330,000, and killed 12470 … in the US. Covid thus far has not approached those numbers

@TexChik You're right. Swine flu killed 12,470 people over the course of 12 months and had a recovery rate of approximately 99.9998%. That's a long ways from 93% so it's not really a great comparison statistically. Covid is more than likely going to have killed more people than that in the US before it even reaches its peak.

@chuck7882 I’m careful what I expose myself to. I have enough issues with reality as it is. ✌️

@DarkHeaven stay safe, my friend

@chuck7882 You too, Chuck. ☮️

@ArishMell New York/ New Jersey media thrives on negativity!

@chuck7882 I'm in the UK, but we do know the epidemic has hit your city very badly. It is reported here. Approaching half-way through our first 3-week lock-down, our thoughts are with you.