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Mr. Luddite[_4_] Mr. Luddite[_4_] is offline
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Default Gonna get bad ....



Seems like every time I think, "This virus thing can't get any worse" ...

It does.

I was optimistic that a lot of the hype was social media produced
but after reading some current info from sources like the CDC,
we may have not seen anything yet.

The next week to week and a half will tell if the USA doesn't go
to a full scale lock down, much like Italy, France and Spain.

One thing I didn't know. Although the coronavirus is similar to
many others including the common cold, it is unique in the respect
that it has never infected humans before and humans have absolutely
no natural immunity to it.

Reading this morning from credible sources that before this is over
between 80 and 100 percent of the US population will eventually
become infected. Sources still say most will recover but the
death rate for older people (like us) is likely to be higher than
first thought.

Apparently "being in shape" and in good health doesn't matter. At age
60 our immune system has already weakened regardless of exercise or
general health.

By 65 and 70 it has weakened significantly.

I suppose it makes sense. A smart guy I knew years ago said that
the human body is only designed to last about 40 years or so.
By then you should have been eaten by a sabre toothed tiger or
something.


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