Blumpie

Sorry I shouldn't have said "kids".  You're adults and that wasn't very nice.

Bangkok is completely empty today.  It's wild.

Well that didn't take long.  Today the world infection rates (reported) were 100k.  So we're 100k per day.  

Soon it's going to be 200k.  Five days?  Then 300k.  

Interesting perspectives here, and hindsight will provide a great deal.  

Glad to see that 10,000 people dying in Italy (thus far) isn't just a bad flu.  No kids, this isn't a flu.  It's a pandemic.  If the bell curve is there, count on another 1.5X to die off more.  So best case scenario 25,000 Italy alone till the bell drops.  

Hello,

I've been following the discussion here.  Of course there is great worry, and I urge everyone to get their data from good news sources.  Many news sources now are being "infected" with sensationalism.  Sensationalism relies on panic and clicks.  The world health organization is well aware of what is going on.

Nobody knows what factor heat has to play.  Of course we are all hopeful that it will help, but keep in mind this does NOT behave like a typical flu.  This is not the flu.  

There is every chance that it could morph into something worse, or better.  MERS was a horrible disease, with the death rate of 1/3.  Sars was bad too.  The problem with them is they were too deadly and had a poor transmission time.  This has a long transmission time.

The hockey sticks don't lie when it comes to places like Italy, compared to basically everywhere.  If it does take off, it's going to take off.  Remember lots of very healthy people are getting critically ill.  They don't want to overwhelm the hospitals and leave people to die on the streets.  Take social distancing seriously.  

(thanks for listening to Uncle Tom)

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

We are getting 100k cases worldwide per day now.  If we can't contain it it will be 1 million a day, then 10 million.  It's only a matter of time in that scenario.  

Stay healthy everyone.