SchaumburgStormer

That’s when some members of congress were briefed. But instead of sounding the alarm, they conveniently sold stocks in holdings which would be severely affected by widespread disease.

I think it’s fair to assume that if a county has a case severe enough to have been tested, it’s likely widespread with many not symptomatic enough to seek treatment. I am not certain that my recent short illness wasn’t the virus, as the symptoms matched but I was not ill enough to seek treatment other than isolation. If I did indeed have the virus, we will never know with certainty, which is the case for many infections nationwide

There will absolutely be rebound cases. The general hope is that we have “flattened the curve” enough for it to be manageable. I read a long article about the possibility of a seasonally related waning on the virus, which remains a distinct possibility but not one anyone should hang their hat on. This will be widespread. You will probably get it. You probably won’t need anything more than some cold medicine. But if a few weeks of social distancing keeps our healthcare system from buckling, I am all for it. This is tough as we won’t know if our efforts are working for several weeks.

I was at the store today (feeling better), and I coughed once. You would have thought I just walked into a preschool nude.

I’m guessing it’s a question of “when”, I assume no later than Thursday.

Yeah, with the incubation period being so long, everything is a week in arrears. Hopefully they peak soon.

It's not really the virus, or the restrictions that concerns me. It's people. People do really dumb, irrational things when they are scared. People are going to get a lot more scared when we go on a nationwide lock down, and thus people are going to do a lot more dumb, irrational things. The CDC is walking a brutally fine line. How do you convince the public of the danger of a virus which may only give them mild or moderate symptoms (but kill others, including at risk populations), but at the same time not cause panic?

I’m general, things are progressing exponentially worse, day to day. Reported cases & deaths are lining up shockingly close to Italy’s progression, with about a 10-14 day delay. It appears all but inevitable that the US will need to follow the same steps as Italy, France, and Spain and institute a full 14 day shutdown of non-essential services. I would prepare now. Today. There is no need to panic, but if you haven’t obtained a 2-3 week stockpile of your prescription drugs, groceries, baby formula, diapers, etc.; you need to do that now. People as a whole are stupid. We will continue to ignore the experts. People will continue to go to bars and gatherings even knowing the risks. The easy parallel is the GHD Blizzard. The public was told days in advance to not travel and be prepared for an epic blizzard, yet people were still on the roads and lake shore drive became a parking lot which put other citizens and first responders in danger. Eventually the government is going to have to step in and force us to protect ourselves from our own stupidity. I still hear people minimizing the severity. “I don’t know why we are doing this”, “this is bullshit”, “the flu kills far more people”. While it is correct that many of us will hardly notice we get the virus, we owe a duty to protect our friends and family who are at risk. If two weeks of inconvenience is all that takes, we should be jumping at that opportunity. Long story short, the curtain is dropping. You still have time to take some precautions and make preparations, but not much. We will get through this, but let’s be smart and prepared.

Came up with a cough, headache, and general feeling of malaise today (no fever). Under normal circumstances, I would pop some cough drops into my work bag and take some Tylenol on the way out the door. Now, I am skipping work and preparing to call the doctor if I spike a fever. scary times, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better

I’m sure we all saw the video of the brutal tactics China used to deal with individuals who refused to quarantine... The next couple weeks are going to be brutal.

As long as the supermarkets can stay open, utilities and mail can march on, we can have some semblance of normal life. If there is a supply line disruption, then things are going to get out of hand fast.

Kind of some apocalyptic martial law shit. “Don’t panic, but we are going to pass a law stating we can take your property”

Court systems around the state are going to a “bare bones” mode for the next 30+ days. No jury trials, minimal motions to be heard, etc. The kids are absolutely not going to be back in school until mid April at the earliest. Absolute insanity.

Closet thing I can compare it to in my lifetime was the hours/days after 9/11. Everyone was panicking and not really knowing what was next

Like any panic, we have a major disconnect between the facts and the perception. Facts are, this is a serious disease and we should start taking precautions. They may seem a bit extreme at this point, but we do not have a good handle on what we are dealing with. Err a bit on the side of caution. 99.99% of the public would be much better off by simply WASHING THEIR F'ING HANDS than hoarding toilet paper or any other commodity. These steps are not being taken to protect healthy young people from the disease. They (myself included) will get it, probably think its a cold or allergies, and will move on. However, the precautions are in place so that I don't pass this to my grandmother, or my immuno-compromised brother, or the person who is mid-way through a chemo treatment, of the little child with an underlying congenital disease. I keep hearing "I will be pissed if we cancelled everything and no one even gets sick." This may be the stupidest view I have seen, as THAT IS THE ENTIRE POINT. Bottom line, people need to stop panicking. This isn't Ebola or some sort of air transferred AIDS. Instead of buying our local store out of toilet paper, maybe reschedule that birthday party. Maybe postpone that business trip. Stay home from work if you feel ill. Lets be prudent and take some precautions to protect the most vulnerable in our population. It could be your mother, grandmother, sister, or neighbor that may be helped.

Yeah. The panic it is causing is unreal. Good luck finding toilet paper or cleaning supplies for the next month.

Late night, strong tornado, and a populated area is a recipe for maximized casualties. Especially as a storm of that severity was not expected that far east.