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Pretty long article, but broken up into several components that can be individually digested ... https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca. Probably take with a grain of salt as the piece is not specifically a news article and the author is an engineer, not a medical professional; however, I find the non-medical aspects, tracking the numbers and the data elements, to be of interest. Fairly informative items that are typically not reported in most places as they are more of a behind-the-scenes kinds of things that planners/logicians might find of interest.

I don't think most of the USA believes that. The POTUS himself believes he can tell any lie about any problem and that problem is taken care of. Certainly is NOT the case.

@Impartial_Observer ... the guy in the back has his priorities straight wouldn't you say?

The difference is those pandemics had vaccines and treatments, plus they didn't spike in a very short time. They were spread out and the healthcare industry could handle the volume. There are so many differences between those and this one. The CDC is not overreacting. People who are hoarding TP and hand sanitizer are. I have not seen one report on the media imploring people to stock up on those items because they will very soon become unavailable.

No travel for me till at least the first of April. Traveling salesman as they say. Glad I postponed trip to the left coast.

I feel the exactly the same way

This is being overblown by social media. I think taking these precautions are a good idea, but lets not go overboard. The first influenza pandemic was recorded in 1580, and since then, influenza pandemics occurred every 10 to 30 years. When all is said and down, probably mid summer, it will probably be similar to the swine flu. This pandemic killed around half a million people worldwide. It caused about 12,000 deaths in the United States. I don't recall all these precautions in 2009 with Obama. In fact, the media barely covered this.

COVID-19 got you jonesing for your sports fix?

I saw a quote from a doctor on facebook, who was critical of people who only felt minor symptoms coming in to look at testing. I thought, ummmmmmm, isn't that what we want to have happen? I know with a few health issues that have come up, I want to know all details beyond a shadow of a doubt. Besides that, the more people we test, the better idea we have of what we are dealing with.

I’m in Clearwater Beach, just left Publix, plenty of water, plenty of TP. I didn’t see any hand sanitizer but I didn’t really look. We walked around last night, while there were certainly people out and about, it was far from packed like you would expect. Friend of mine got tickets to Clearwater/St Pete for 21.40 yesterday on Spirit I believe out of Indy, bag was only 30 bucks. The sun is hot, the water is fine, why not take advantage. I think we’re going to plan a long weekend down here again next month.

My understanding is they have insurance to cover most of the lost revenue.

https://www.cato.org/blog/one-image-capture-unending-complexity-h-2a-visa-program

And acquaintance of mine and her spouse cancelled their cruise scheduled for the week 3/15. They couldn't get a refund on their flight to Florida so now they are thinking of going to Key West for the week..................

The Sagamore Conference has cancelled Saturday's conference wrestling championship event at Southmont H.S. and next week's conference swimming championships at Crawfordsville H.S. These events will not be rescheduled.

All Tippecanoe county government schools closed from March 16th until April 1st.: https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/WLCSC-TSC-LSC-closing-starting-March-16-568771511.html

Community Schools of Frankfort, Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie and Rossville Schools will all close Monday, March 16 and plan to open back up on Monday, April 6. Spring Break for all schools is scheduled for the week of March 23rd. E-learning days are scheduled for the week of March 16 and March 23 for CSF, not sure about the other schools. Also the CSF Food Service Dept. will provide meals for pickup at three locations between the hours of 11am-1pm during the E-learning days.

Interesting that most of the USA now believes the office of POTUS is some magic, mythical position where one can just wave his hand and voila! this or that problem is taken care of. No friends, that kind of power shouldn't be in the hands of one person, not unless you a believer in true monarchies. That power belongs in Congress.

America Doesn't Have Enough Hospital Beds To Fight the Coronavirus. Protectionist Health Care Regulations Are One Reason Why.: https://reason.com/2020/03/13/america-doesnt-have-enough-hospital-beds-to-fight-the-coronavirus-certificate-of-need-laws-are-one-reason-why/ Common sense. Too bad we the people have given all levels of government so much power that corruption/cronyism/protectionism like this is rampant.