How is everyone?

"One death is a tragedy. A millions deaths is a statistic" J. Stalin.

 

I used to years ago on this site....it's just gotten too nasty. Good luck...hope all is well.

 

It's more deadly than the flu and spreads easier. This is a new virus meaning no one has built up immunity to it.

"COVID-19 causes more severe disease than seasonal influenza.

While many people globally have built up immunity to seasonal flu strains, COVID-19 is a new virus to which no one has immunity. That means more people are susceptible to infection, and some will suffer severe disease.

Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected."

 

You too....hang in there!!!

 

People here...(me included)....age 60 and over...(without any pre-existing conditions)....have a 95% chance of surviving the virus. A 6 week old newborn just passed from the Coronovirus last night....

 

There are vaccines for the flu....none yet for this.

 

One good thing about being in the retirement age risk category is that not having to go to work for a living makes it a lot easier to shelter down and follow the protocols. No pressure to pay the rent or mortgage, though investments are taking a hit, but at least putting food on the table is not an immediate worry.

I hope everyone is coping okay. Stay well.

 

Yeah, I read it a couple days ago but it's the most recent modeling I have seen.

What really is hurting the effort here is the unreliability of Chinese numbers upon which so much of this is based.

 

The average age of mortality in Italy (at least last week) was 80.4.

 

That's it.

 

Personally I have yet to feel any symptoms. I am considered an “essential” worker but our company is at half occupancy so I’ve lost half my hours. I go into the office twice a week when 6-7 people are in my department (feels risky) and then once when I’m alone for about 5-6 hours. I can work at home but it’s not as effective. I had some vacations booked which one has completely gone, whereas a trip I had in June (included hall of fame induction) looks to be done and an August trip (Dodgers playing at Wrigley) probably won’t be a go too. On a positive the people I know who’ve had it (mother, uncle, cousin) have all made full recoveries and being home more is causing me to drink less, eat better and spend less (helps with the 50% pay decrease). I still try to keep my schedule of waking up early and am actually expediting the book writing process so I think my Jofre book will be ahead of time. Finally getting to watch Boardwalk Empire which I’d been putting off forever and of course sneaking in some old fights I’d been meaning to rewatch for a while.

I know people who’ve lost jobs though and that sucks. This thing will spark a really tough time globally that will take years to recover from. There’s so many mom and pop restaurants, bars that I frequent that will be going under and I feel awful for them. I work in a great area for food (Koreatown LA) it will be a ****ing disaster if shitty corporate places take over when things are “normal”.

 

No kidding. I don't want to be the outlier.

This is the first time most of us have faced something like this. But I was a bit surprised to learn there have been 2 potentially equivalent outbreaks in the past 63 years. I read a lot of history and had only a passing familiarity with what happened in '57 and '68.