Its an insult

I'd estimate that the risk to the average individual in the US of getting killed by the coronavirus is roughly 0.000000000000001%

@Malac so because your parents and grandparents are relatively likely to die if they get infected, it's a nothing event. yeah got it. go fuck yourself.

@Greasy They're more likely to die from a car wreck or their own health

The death rate for the eldest is "only" 15% upwards, so even they are far more likely to die from the common flu than the coronavirus

I cannot control if they get infected or not

So why should I worry?

patently false, broodman

People weren't shook by the flu, but corona is now the mass killer?

Nope, it's true

Man why didnt spanish flu wipe us out

The common flu killed 25 000 last year in Germany alone

It's worse than Coronavirus

We survived Yersinia Pestis in a time where people didnt bathe

You'll be fine

Most of you

so you're saying corona deathrate is below 0.1%, or you're saying that the flu affects elderly even more proportionately than corona - or you're just ASSUMING that people aren't gonna get infected despite the insistence of medical professionals that we are now in a delay phase and likely past possible containment @ETBrooD @Malac

@Greasy I'm saying it's not of great lethality. It'll simply become another flu

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/02/china-blames-united-states-coronavirus/

also "people weren't shook by flu" - people are PLENTY shook by flu. it's just a fact of life 'now' though, so we deal with it and have reasonable immunity to dying from it. @ETBrooD

@Greasy You have genetic resistance and the virus doesnt want to be lethal

Viruses dont want to be lethal

People are so unshook by the flu that they barely cared when the flu killed way more people last year than before

But now coronavirus ohhh everyone's panicking

@Malac that's why I am saying you're stupid. you seem to understand that it's serious - yet you're in here like "lmao you won't die it's a nothing". there's a reasonable risk, understand that. Also I've seen you posting this bullshit post-evolutionary take on virus lethalities - sure, it's a poor evolutionary strategy to kill the host. that does not mean the virus will evolve in that way - it means the lethal strains will kill their hosts. brain activated.

All the clorox in the world wont save you from infection

@Greasy Yes. And without a host to propogate the lethal strains die out

The risk is negligible. Some people will die until when the vaccine comes out, as it always happens.

^

https://twitter.com/euronews/status/1235899527791611905 now they say this

not a week ago, not a month ago, now

There is no reasonable risk, unless you're a boomer or have shit health

This alarmism around the coronavirus stems from a lack of knowledge about viruses

@ETBrooD 100% the news reports on the flu death rates every year, people make sure to take some precautions. as I said, it's accepted as a fact of life to some degree, but it definitely still worries people and to say it doesn't is a pointless lie.

It's evolution by selection

@Greasy No people don't take precautions. Most don't vaccinate, and many keep going to work.

Keep in mine viral reproduction is measured in seconds

People do not care about the flu, have never cared, and will never care. They're blind to the obvious reality that the flu kills people. They're stupid and uninformed.

They have several generations in the span of a day

ok @ETBrooD I will ignore your messages in future, thanks for the warning

Viral and bacterial disease are still minority causes of death