Reply #14: my wife with a serious respiratory condition is concerned, .. it could easily kill her. cynicism

[sam sarrha]

about other peoples suffering isn't pretty.

we have been way over due for a pandemic for decades, the shut down of the worlds economy will have far reaching consequences beyond your myopic view. do you have food reserves for weeks or months.. one like the last one will shut down travel='s no trucks.. empty shelves.. you'll have to stand in line with sick people to get food..

people in the 1918 pandemic lived in homes with multi-generation families and tight church support, we aren't set up like anymore, few people know their neighbors or live next to family.

grandmother said that they heard about the flu.. then heard it was in NY.. then Boston then FL etc etc then they heard it was in town.. they went to a relatives house..no one was on the street, town stores/streets were empty..because everybody had the flu, groups of people were going house to house, breaking in if they got no answer, making sure sick people had water near them.. many deaths were due to dehydration because they were too sick to get out of bed or off the floor. they marked the homes with dead, and went to the next home..

Christopher Columbus not only brought Syphilis
http://www.amazon.com/Pox-Genius-Madness-Mysteries-Syphilis/dp/0465028829/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240761796&sr=8-1

to the old world..a pandemic lasting over 400 years, in victorian times in england about 50% of all adult males had syphilis.. but what he and later explorers brought to the new world killed up to 80% of some indigenous cultures

the problem is not knowing what will happen.. and having Little to do about it when it does

will this be the tipping point for an economy on life support

i suggest that you find a positive way to deal with your cynicism.. it is ugly and serves what purpose other than giving your ego a hard-on.. and everybody knows that..