wbuffetjr...even if the figures from China were ten times worse than they report, it would be about like annual flu deaths in US.
We are 5-6 times more population than Italy and it still would not be anywhere near 2.5 million deaths...it would be around 21,000 or less than annual US flu deaths. Plus Italy has one of the highest elderly populations in Europe.
China may not have Panama Beach, but tens of millions live in very close quarters and many live in squalor.
Again.. it is a very serious situation...yes corona is more contagious than flu....
But with the flu and corona the vast majority do not require hospitalization and do not die from it.
I just think we need to take a lot of precaution, but not shut down the economy.
