No worries here as I probably have a better chance at catching the flu. 

I needed to go home to Pa for while and drove back down south yesterday. Seem it business as usual everywhere.

TKOPerformance wrote:

I'm still trying to figure out what people are so concerned about.  There was the same panic with SARS, which is just another variant of coronavirus.  In the end it seems these things aren't as terrible as they're made out when they face a first world healthcare system. 

This flu season in the US 4800 people have died for a mortality rate of 0.05%.
So far world wide 2817 people have died of Corona virus for a mortality rate of 3.4%. That is why everyone is excited. 

Driving to the bash in my 66 I would consider to be much safer than locked in an airtight tube with 150 people from who-knows-where.

I do have minor concerns being in crowds of unknown people.

Sherry is going on a cruise the end of May for a week  I am a bit concerned about that.  She and I have another cruise scheduled for November, so we will just have to see how this thing spreads.  I am not wild about cruise ships and captive crowds in the first place.  Sherry and I and Al’s wife got really sick after being exposed to one idiot that got on the bus coughing his lungs out  during our New England bus tour last year.

Of course, if South Carolina becomes a corona hot-spot before the bash date, I would say no one would want to voluntarily go to that location.   Or if you are visiting FROM a hot spot, please don’t bring the bug with you.

I do believe the USA will do a better job of containing this type of thing than the Chinese.  Remember when ebola was a thing?   In the USA it quickly became NOT a thing.

Prayers for the entire world are in order.

Hornman wrote:

I have my plane tickets paid for
I have my rental car paid for.
I have my hotel room paid for.
My wife goes to the doctor the week before the Bash to determine if she is healthy enough to go.
If the doctor clears her we have to make a judgement call about whether it will be safe sitting in an airplane for four hours each way. 
Using my power of viewing the future I can see the odds of us making it to the Bash are about 1 in 10.
Bummer!

The only thing that would bother me about your trip is the Virus tube you're flying in. Many years ago on a trip back from Yemen the plane made a stop in Jedda, Saudi Arabia. A bunch of folks got on and they were all coughing and hacking away. Needless to say when I returned home I had similar hacks. I ended up at the Infectious disease center in Denver. I don't recall what they found, but I ended up with a yeast infection in my esophagus from the medication they gave me.  Believe me when I tell you that you don't want any type of esophagus infection. 
 

josh-kebob wrote:

Hornman wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

I'm still trying to figure out what people are so concerned about.  There was the same panic with SARS, which is just another variant of coronavirus.  In the end it seems these things aren't as terrible as they're made out when they face a first world healthcare system. 

This flu season in the US 4800 people have died for a mortality rate of 0.05%.
So far world wide 2817 people have died of Corona virus for a mortality rate of 3.4%. That is why everyone is excited. 

 
What's the mathematical formula used to establish those numbers?

4800 flu deaths in the US this flu season divided by 9.7 million cases of flu, times 100 to get percentage

2817 deaths from Corona virus divided by 84000 confirmed cases worldwide. (Numbers have changed since I wrote this a few hours ago). Multiply by 100 to get percentage.

I realize that this is advanced math, so you might want to get Mike to help you with it.
 

Hornman wrote:

You aren’t a conspiracy theorist with those thoughts. If you were a real conspiracy theorist you would be saying the Chinese turned the corona virus loose on the world to make Trump look bad.
 

Just as an outsider, and not wantin' ta get plitical .... but, does he really need help with that??
Our best wishes to Cathie.
 

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Hornman wrote:

josh-kebob wrote:

Hornman wrote:

This flu season in the US 4800 people have died for a mortality rate of 0.05%.
So far world wide 2817 people have died of Corona virus for a mortality rate of 3.4%. That is why everyone is excited. 

 
What's the mathematical formula used to establish those numbers?

4800 flu deaths in the US this flu season divided by 9.7 million cases of flu, times 100 to get percentage

2817 deaths from Corona virus divided by 84000 confirmed cases worldwide. (Numbers have changed since I wrote this a few hours ago). Multiply by 100 to get percentage.



I realize that this is advanced math, so you might want to get Mike to help you with it.
 

I resemble that remark!!
  I am a little challenged when it comes to 'rithmatic and such......I can only count to 21 when I'm in the shower!
Purdy good, huh?!
6sal6
 

Hornman wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

I'm still trying to figure out what people are so concerned about.  There was the same panic with SARS, which is just another variant of coronavirus.  In the end it seems these things aren't as terrible as they're made out when they face a first world healthcare system. 

This flu season in the US 4800 people have died for a mortality rate of 0.05%.
So far world wide 2817 people have died of Corona virus for a mortality rate of 3.4%. That is why everyone is excited. 

But again, terrible that ANYONE dies from a simple virus, but there are viruses where the survival rate is about 10%.  I don't remember this much panic when a case of Ebola turned up in the US.  I also don't think any cases have been fatal outside China, so I go back to the idea that our healthcare system and China's are not by any means on level footing.  I am left to wonder what the actual mortality rate is in a first world country. 

Hornman wrote:

josh-kebob wrote:

Hornman wrote:

This flu season in the US 4800 people have died for a mortality rate of 0.05%.
So far world wide 2817 people have died of Corona virus for a mortality rate of 3.4%. That is why everyone is excited. 

 
What's the mathematical formula used to establish those numbers?

4800 flu deaths in the US this flu season divided by 9.7 million cases of flu, times 100 to get percentage

2817 deaths from Corona virus divided by 84000 confirmed cases worldwide. (Numbers have changed since I wrote this a few hours ago). Multiply by 100 to get percentage.

I realize that this is advanced math, so you might want to get Mike to help you with it.
 

 

Not advanced math, just needed all parts to the equation...you can put your abacus away now..