I usually try to be calm, rational, and logical. But, oh my god, the coronavirus is freaking me out, man…
There is the first community spread case in Oregon, right smack where I live. This patient is an elementary school employee of all things. Those poor parents must be so nervous right now. The patient is being treated at the same medical center that I go to for my recovery meetings…
Tomorrow, I am going to the grocery store right when it opens to stock up on 4 weeks of food and supplies for my family. My N95 mask are on back order.
On top of all this, oh my lord, the markets are going nuts! I don’t even want to look at my retirement account right now… Bill Gates says this may be the pandemic of the century.
Breathe, breathe, breathe, and move on. Don’t even sneeze or you will get the hairy eyeball by another concerned Oregonian…
I don’t watch the news anymore, so that’s keeping me fairly sane. I do read articles online, and for this I’ll primarily read The Washington Post, as that’s my local news outlet.
I can’t watch the news for this very reason and I am so much happier for it. Back when I used to keep up with news I freaked out about the Ebola thing. If you look at the true facts, this Corona virus is not even as bad as the flu, like Dereck said.
Well, yes and no. I think it is too early to know if this will be better or worse than the flu. The mortality rate is 20 times higher than the common flu (not counting the 1918 flu epidemic). They are also not sure whether or not this can mutate (as with the flu), etc. We will learn more in time…
Yes, that does help put it into perspective. My husband is telling me the same thing.
I like to keep up with world events, but it is time for me to stop checking the news every 5 minutes tonight… going to do some yoga, meditate, read, and go to bed!! Thank you!
The media is scaring everyone with the coronavirus and it’s laughable. It’s good to always take sanitary precaution against illnesses, especially if your in break out zone. But the flu infects more people and kills more people every single year.
In my clubbing days (a couple of decades ago) I drank Corona. It’s my husbands preferred beer when he plays golf. Wonder how he’s going to cope with the ‘no beer in our home’ mandate?
I’m with you on this. I’m in California and it’s here. I see people say the flu kills more people , yes but this just started and it’s already killed innocent people and so many people infected. I don’t want to go out at all. I do because I have to but it’s in the back of my head. Being as careful as I can. It’s such a concern and I think it’s ok to be. We have to go on with our day . I hope this gets a solution …
I’m not sure it cares whether the people infected by it are good or bad people.
More is the point that most of the people who have died are likely to have already had some underlying health issues and have generally been in their older years.
Another thing to look at is that people are dying in a vastly overcrowded country with poor health care. One that doesn’t take care of the population. One that doesn’t practice the same type of hygiene publicly that more developed countries do. People die in China from just about everything that most people don’t die of in other countries.
The real threat here is truly group hysteria, at least for the majority of us. Look at the stock market!
Some facts I’ve learned… The flu is a Corona virus. The term Corona (when not talking about beer) is a category of virus, an umbrella term. This goes to show that, first off, the media is using a catchy phrase for another version of the flu. 34,200 people died of influenza last year in the US alone.
Another thing to think about is that the mortality rate is also being calculated in China. There are probably thousands of people who have it that aren’t sick enough, barely sick at all, to seek treatment.
If we are going to pay attention to this virus, let’s do so responsibly and make sure we know ALL the facts. Causing anxiety and stress in recovery is always a dangerous thing, so let’s try to to focus on the reality of it. Being aware, truly aware, will help ease our fears.
