Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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I'd say another factor that makes this disease spread faster than your average virus is precisely the fact that the light cases are hard to detect, so people go to work and infect others in perfect ignorance. Most countries do not have enough testing capacity, for various reasons.

Yes Pepe, it's per U.S. gallon. Today the cost of gas or "petrol" in my town is $1.99 U.S. dollars per U.S. gallon.

Millennials and Gen Z's from Florida are frustrated that old farts are closing down their parties.

"Being cool and getting laid is important to me," says Jeremy, a teenager from West Palm Beach. "how am I supposed to do these things when The Man keeps trying to oppress me and take away my freedoms?"

"It's really messing up with my spring break. What is there to do here other than go to bars or the beach? And they're closing all of it," a woman named Brianna said in a CBS News video.

doom and gloom........... i fear.

Yeah, I think they'll get over it.

I think a bigger issue was that once there started to be infected locals (after hugging Chinese or after touching a doorknob and rubbing their eyes, or after hugging their auntie coming back from China, doesn't matter), the Italians couldn't stop hugging each other. They are very physical in showing affection.

Millennials and Gen Z's from Florida are frustrated that old farts are closing down their parties.

"Being cool and getting laid is important to me," says Jeremy, a teenager from West Palm Beach. "how am I supposed to do these things when The Man keeps trying to oppress me and take away my freedoms?"

"It's really messing up with my spring break. What is there to do here other than go to bars or the beach? And they're closing all of it," a woman named Brianna said in a CBS News video.

While most warnings about the novel coronavirus have focused on vulnerable populations, including older adults and those with underlying conditions, the World Health Organization's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, directed a message on Wednesday to a different group: young people.

"Although older people are the hardest hit, younger people are not spared," he said, adding that there are a "significant" number of cases in people under 50.

"Today I have a message for young people: You are not invincible. This virus cold put you in the hospital for weeks or even kill you," Tedros said. "Even if you don't get sick, the choices you make about where you go can be the difference between life and death for someone else."

He added that he's grateful for the young people who are "spreading the word and not the virus."

In a press briefing on Friday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo delivered a similar message, telling young people who think they can't get or transmit the virus they are flat-out wrong.

In France, more than 50% of coronavirus cases are under 60 years old.

An increasing number of personal accounts have illustrated how devastating COVID-19 can be, even for healthy young people. One 44-year-old marathoner, for example, said his illness is so severe he needs oxygen to breathe and can barely eat lunch.

Americans ages 65 and older are still suffering the highest rates of death and serious illness, but younger adults, children, and even infants can can develop serious illness or die from the disease.

Yes. Thank you for reiterating this. The invisibly compromised people don't stand a chance when people are being so nonchalant. Some people seem to think if no one is coughing, then everyone is OK. Epic fail.

I went into a Subway today. Caution tape around all the booth tables. Chairs stacked upside-down on all the middle tables. It confused me at first, but I found a flyer saying dine-in was restricted, but orders can still be taken.

It’s crazy!

It's actually very rational.

Does it really help much lol standing in line to get food just as bad as people eating inside

I am archiving the doom and gloom posts and will remind people about what they have written when after all this has passed.
I'm a cheeky bastard.

I have been saying, for a long time, that the infection/death-rate percentage is exaggerated because of this.
There seems to never be a guesstimate on how many people are mildly infected, get over it, and have been undiagnosed.