A bit sleepy. Haven't been writing on the board too much because I don't have private internet network and sometimes it doesn't feel right to be writing my true thoughts uncensored. Haven't been reading all the posts either so I can't contribute too much to other's stories.
News about the Corona virus is alarming, I'm compelled to scan the internet for tidbits of reality both good and bad. I wish that our government here would make a statement about it, not to be political but I was surprised that it wasn't at all mentioned during the state of the union address. I've been riveted on the topic because I've always figured we would have an uncontrollable outbreak at some point. I can't reconcile why would two cruise ships be quarantined, cities being shut down with huge economic impacts if this is a low risk virus people like to compare to the flu. I found a news report that in Japan a government guard tasked at working at a quarantine center was found dead at his job apparently from suicide. Is this a product of hysteria or (?) question mark. I'm a bit of a fear mongering person I will admit, its because I think people don't take things seriously enough. It's not clear to me what is really going on because China is opaque. I think with MERS, SARS, Ebola they were distant or when they arrived on home soil it was very isolated. This current virus doesn't seem like it will be stopped. I think the Canadian CBC news has broadcasted more details than in the U.S. There are also still daily flights coming out of Hong Kong to L.A., New York, Seattle, London etc. I felt compelled to go to the websites for Chinese airports to look down the lists of departures. Those people presumably are not going to be quarantined and some of them no doubt will have Coronavirus. Out of the people who are infected how many actually require hospitalization, this number isn't clear to me. I probably shouldn't post this but I figure I will.
