When Did I Know it's a Crisis?

They have started shutting down the golf courses in my area and the Master's Tournament is going to be canceled...

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SwampFlower · 31-35, F

When my husband, a former employee of the CDC who worked closely with epidemiologists, looked me dead in the eye and said "we are fucked, honey." That was in early February.

GerOttman · 61-69, M

@SwampFlower It's just the flu... A deadly, highly contagious flu we don't have a vaccine for! So, no worries..

helenS · 36-40, F

@GerOttman Death rate is assumed to be 3%, and it is believed that 70% of the population will be infected eventually. In a country with 10 million inhabitants this will mean about 200,000 deaths.

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SwampFlower · 31-35, F

@GerOttman It's the fact he already knew how systematically ill prepared we were for it that scared him most.

MethDozer · M

@GerOttman No it isn't. The flu isn't a Corona virus. Covid-19 is closer related to the common cold than the influence virus.

It isn't any kind of flu.