General off-season news thread

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

Deadlier?! Why is there so much hysteria surrounding this? It's a type of flu, and a few, mainly older people have died from it, similarly to how deadly pneumonia can be. Sure, take precautions to not spread germs, but pump the breaks on the "we're all gonna die" hysterics.

Can’t ascribe to the hysteria you are talking about, at least I haven’t seen any. But I don’t think talking about something and taking it seriously makes you hysterical. I didn’t realize I said “we’re all going to die”. Oh wait, I didn’t.

But yes, it has the potential to kill you. It is still pretty new to dismiss it as just another flu. Death rate of the flu is 0.1% in the US. So far it seems corona is about ten times that. It is not the end of the world, but its not something to ignore either. People with compromised immune systems are definitely at risk. But people over 50, the stats start rising.