(02-25-2020 03:58 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-25-2020 03:45 PM)UofMTigerTim Wrote:  I am all for trying to contain this virus and help the people who contract it survive. But.... If the statistics are accurate then this hysteria is not necessary.

That would be inaccurate. Your talking about a virus with a 2-3% mortality rate that is also 2 to 3 times as infectious as the flu. The estimate is about a third of the population contracted Spanish Flu 1918. With coronovirus being MUCH more contagiou---your probably looking at least twice that percentage with coronavirus. There are 7.5 billion people in the world Two thirds of that is about 5 billion. Two or 3 percent of 5 billion is a horrific total. Avoiding that kind of result is what all the over reaction is about. Remember---you just have to deal with these kinds of overly cautious measures for 12-18 months. After that---we will probably have a vaccine and enough stockpiles to handle it.

I wouldn't take the risk of injecting myself or my kids with a coronavirus vaccine considering the thing could mutate and you've done damage to yourself and/or your kids for no reason.