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I still think people don't have a good grasp on the numbers .... seriously, one million people a day could die from this virus and it would still take more than 22 years to kill the population of this planet. That's not hyperbole, that the actual math.

If it kills 1 million people total, your chances of dying would still be 1 in 8000.

The current death total of 9790 is 0.00001% of the world population. If it was 100 times worse, it still wouldn't have a measurable effect on world population. More people are going to die from the panic, anxiety, depression, disruption of supply chains and isolation than will die from the virus.

Take reasonable precautions yes, social distancing ... good idea, personal hygiene good idea, work hard on a vaccine, good idea. World wide panic is a bad idea, and that's where we are headed, people are already being killed in third world nations because people "think" they are infected. This media hyperbole, when digested by the majority of uneducated people in the world will turn into violent panic. Watch what will happen in India and Africa.

When all is said and done in the US, you will have been more likely to die driving to work than from this virus.

How many people will die in vehicle accidents THIS MONTH ?? 3,046 on average. That will probably be 100 times more people than die from the virus this month.

In fact, I'll put a $20 spot on the wager that this virus NEVER kills more people in a month than the automobile fatalities.

And yet ... we'll get in our cars and drive every day.

I guess as long as the media companies are raking in billions of dollars on this panic we should just be happy for them.