Originally Posted by avi8tor614

​​​​​​You said it, the world "believes" it's a problem. Why because A)People believe its going to end in death and carnage or B) people really don't understand that the medical community is concerned about hospital over crowding, not being able to help the most vulnerable. The mortality rates for Covid-19 are statistically for an infectious diseases is low. I'm not trying to be insensitive when I say this either. Fact is fact

Why does the world think what they think? Answer A from above. Because 1) The media reports. I don't have a problem with what they report, it's how they report. Face it, news has to be interested for the masses to follow so they put up total infections, DEATHS ect big scary numbers to most. So the average Joe this makes nervous. Hence the world believes it's a problem. People get sick, some will die ( I don't want anyone to die) but it is what it is. The average Joe does not know when people with underlying conditions and vulnerable get hospital care they get better when Covid-19 is contracted. That's the real problem not enough to health staff and facilities to treat these people and they don't the lasting effects because this is a new type of Coronavirus.

You think we should have shut down totally right, take a peek at Australia. A country completely shut off for months, isolated. They are not thriving and even though there cases are not as high as the US they are having an uptick in viruses. How does this happen from a country that completely shut down and did everything correct. Their economy is in tatters look up their news channels NOT our news stories about the Aussies.

This virus is just plain ugly medically, socially, and economically. It just stinks. We sit on two side of the fence. Some believe shut down some says life goes on. Humans have always pressed on in life. By the way 4,200,000 infectious in US 146,000 deaths. That's 3.4% mortality rate Not bad for a Deadly Virus, and yes I wish it was 0.