Does anybody else feel the stark realization

[GulfCoast66]

163. No one is doomed. But an extremely contagious disease with a 1% death rate is worthy of concern

Real concern. And if our politicians make poor decisions that could be 2%.

Your comment about Italy and all its old folks as a modifier are borderline insulting since if you have read this thread you know most of the people expressing concern here just happen to be, well, older. A person over 70 with other health issues, which most over 70 happen to have, is correct to be concerned.

And BTW, a death rate of 10% would be the worst disease to hit the world since the Black Death with a 30% death rate. Of course I’m excluding the 95% death rate of native populations when exposed to diseases by European conquest. You and I might live, but we would arrive at a fundamentally changed society. Fortunately that is not going to happen.

Genetics and experience has allowed me not to be prone to worrying or fretting. But people I am close to are not as lucky. Someone who is really fearful of something will not change by someone telling them not to worry. My Mother is a prime example. Over 80 with suppressed immune system. She damn well should be concerned. And fortunately I did not inherit her demeanor on things like this. She has been a fretted her entire life. My dad was more sanguine.

Have a nice evening. Stay safe.