Coronavirus Rumors Tore This Small Town Apart
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Why every damn time we think there's still hope for humanity, suddenly some idiot comes by to prove us wrong?
The conspiracy doesn't even make sense here - superpowers created a virus to then infect, themselves? And shut their own governments and economies down? So their own wealthy elite and politicians can lose money and have to face a crisis? Like - what?
This is probably my biggest fear, not that I'll die from CORVID-19 but rather fear and panic will take over and cause people to do stupid things. Well, that and our healthcare industry being completely overwhelmed in part because we aren't taking this seriously enough ("It's just the cold, no big deal" <- I've heard that SO many times). No need to go into full blown panic but wash your damn hands and take some minor precautions. You personally might not be at a high risk for death but you can still spread it. Wash your hands for your parents, your grandparents, your aunts/uncles.
Our best bet to stretch this out as long as possible as to not overwhelm our healthcare industry. We have 2.77 hospital beds per 1000 Americans and remember CORVID-19 doesn't magically remove all the other reasons people need those beds (over half are already in-use). Our government is telling us we have stockpiles of 12M N95 masks and 30M surgical masks. We have ~18M healthcare workers in the US. You can do the math. I've got a friend who is a nurse and they've been told to use each mask (N95) for 8 hours putting it in a brown paper bag while they are on break/eating. If our healthcare workers start getting sick it only makes this whole issue worse.
Don't panic but dear god, wash your hands, and follow the other CDC guidelines on how to protect yourselves and others.