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BocaHoo91

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What are everyone's thoughts on the coronavirus scare?


Was talking to a physician friend at dinner on Saturday and my take was while the virus is concerning, all of the deaths thus far have been elderly, very young, or people with compromised immune systems. His take was he doesn't believe any of the information that's coming out of china, and if they're trying to quarantine 30 million people, it must be way worse than they're letting on. While I'm totally on board with him about not trusting information coming out of china, we now have 50+ cases outside of china, and so far, the best I can tell, no one outside of china has died. And while 80 deaths is 80 too many, I'm pretty sure 100s of thousands of people die from the flu each year (and mostly elderly, very young, or people with compromised immune systems).

So on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "meh, it's no more concerning than a mild flu season" to 10 being the movie "contagion" or "outbreak", how concerned is everyone about this?

And for those in the Pharma or medical research industry, what is our ability to quickly develop, ramp production, and distribute a vaccine if this turns out to be more virulent and hard to contain?

Posted: 01/27/2020 at 2:35PM



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What are everyone's thoughts on the coronavirus scare? -- BocaHoo91 01/27/2020 2:35PM
  And put Bat Wild Wings outta biz? ** -- Shenhoo 01/27/2020 3:52PM
  IMHO, always side on caution -- VaTechie 01/27/2020 3:06PM
  Defensive aren't you? I never mentioned Trump. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/27/2020 3:36PM
  Trump really does have a tweet for every occasion ** -- hooshouse 01/27/2020 4:13PM
  Damn, do you have a playbook on this stuff -- VaTechie 01/27/2020 3:48PM
  I wish I could take credit for it -- WahooMatt05 01/27/2020 4:33PM
  So, someone tweets a past "thanks Obama" from Trump -- VaTechie 01/27/2020 5:00PM
  You just sound whiny. ** -- Shenhoo 01/27/2020 4:17PM
  LOL ** -- Hooddihsm 01/27/2020 3:32PM
  Good idea to always stay away from that ** -- HokieDan95 01/27/2020 3:29PM
  More of a Jumbo Chili Shrimp(Sezuchuan) guy tbh ** -- hooshouse 01/27/2020 3:35PM
  Don't try the bat soup. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/27/2020 2:58PM
  Probably about a 3. -- Hoodeac 01/27/2020 2:44PM
  Not concerned. 1. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/27/2020 2:37PM

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