People, just wash your hands, use hand sanitizer, stay away from people who are coughing, sneezing.

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41. Yeah, I was pretty Sanguine about this disease. Sure, poor countries had a high death rate over 2%

But that won’t happen in the west. Then I saw Italy. A 2% death rate with over 1500 patients. Italy has a first world healthcare system where no one is afraid to go to the doctor due to receiving a big bill.

Not concerned about myself. If I get it I either live or die. I accepted that fact of life long ago.

But it has been over 100 years since we have had a very commutable disease with a death rate that high. And we we had no social media and we’re almost under military law and censorship due to WWI. And it still caused chaos.

And I have never, even on the internet talked to a smallpox survivor. That amazing. I wish both the US and Russia would destroy their remaining stock of smallpox virus. I’m a science major and understand the reasons for keeping them. But to me the risk outweighs the potential benefit.