Let's all use proper nomenclature. There are many coronaviruses. This one is called COVID-19, or SARS-Cov-2.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html

Makes you wonder, what's different in 2020 compared to 2009? Hmmmm.....

Yes that's exactly my take. 1 person dying is tragic, life-changing and Earth-shattering for their friends and family. That's always true. But we're humans. We're all going to die. And...there's a lot of us on the planet. So LOTS of people die every day/year.

60,000+ Americans dead from the normal flu per year.
35,000+ Americans dead from traffic accidents per year.

A lot of people die every year from bee stings! (We should probably outlaw bees)

Each individual case is sad, but on a macro-scale these are "ho hum" every day normal statistics. Certainly nothing to cause large scale hysteria and over-reactions like we're seeing now.

De-Whiner just announced NO gatherings over 100 people. That effectively means all business closed (especially small businesses).

COVID-19 isn't going to do jack squat. The decisions being made as a result of the scare? Very very VERY real damage.

Hope you guys have guns...NOW the message of "stay safe" actually DOES apply!

It’s like if you are the governor of a state, you have to assume the role of president because Trump is focused on manipulating the numbers and finding a boogey man to blame versus telling the American public the truth and starting an aggressive testing campaign. Here is mike pence explaining why the cdc tested NOBODY in the last two days. Ohio received 800 test from the federal government and we wonder why everything is being shut down.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/03/12/mike-pence...

Calm down, folks. According to WBNS, "Gov. DeWine said a mass gathering does not include normal operations at airports, bus and train stations, medical facilities, shopping malls or shopping centers.

"The order does not apply to typical office environments, schools, restaurants, factories, or retail or grocery stores.

"It also doesn't apply to religious gatherings or gatherings for the purpose of exercising First Amendment protected speech."

Mr Finnegan - I so appreciate your mature and measured response. Thank you.

This made my travel plans easy, and this was over a week ago. Didn't think Ohio would be the first to make this call. If it was Cali or some east coast state, we would have laughed at em. The second we heard Ohio called off events, we knew this was gonna hit the fan.

Hang on folks, this is going to get entertaining......

i.e. my everyday life. I lead a boring life.

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Agree. In North Carolina we have 11 million people - 300 total tests available in the whole state. The whole state. But hey, someone in DC says testing is going perfectly

So...things that would cause an absolute shitstorm and ceaseless legal fights if he did try to prohibit them?

No one is saying Corona isn't a concern.
What seems to be in question,is exactly how severe the threat is.

Everyone keeps talking about "worst case".

Thankfully,so far,the dire predictions made when the US cases first started a few weeks ago,haven't materialized,not even close.

Since March 9,Ohio has gone from 3 cases of Corona to 50,with,as far as I can see,no deaths.

That doesn't seem to warrant the severe measures put in place by your governor.

In New Jersey ,we have 178 cases,a number of which are limited to a specific ethnic group.

We've had 3 deaths.
One had severe underlying health issues.
A second had close contact with the first.
The third was in his 90's.

New Jersey has a population of 8.9 million.
So you can do the math.

Our Governor has shut down all bars,restaurants,casinos,theaters etc.
All of these closures are "open ended".

We are also supposed to stay at home from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am.
Doesn't matter,nothing is open.

The reason for these measures is to "keep us safe".
That sounds great,unless you work in or own one of the shuttered businesses.

They are SOL, for who knows how long.

Some places will never reopen.

Now one County Executive wants to shut down all offices,construction companies,dental offices etc. in his county.

He is basing this on his "moral authority".

All we hear about are the number of people
who test positive.
Nothing about how many never developed symptoms,or how many have recovered.

We also keep hearing about this doomsday scenario of hospitals being overwhelmed with corona cases.

My wife is a nurse.
So far,it hasn't been an issue in her hospital.

There's that old quote "Power corrupts.Absolute power corrupts absolutely".
I'm a cynic.
But this sure seems to fit a lot of what's going.

I also find it amazing that,according to an article in today's WSJ, Milennials are the worst violators of "Social Distancing",they don't care.

Yeah his state is perfect just like the transcript, the numbers have tripled in a week. My uncle bubba works in a hospital as a physician assistant and he threw out the mask, he just wears a red and white hat and he has been to plenty EOM’s, but I defer to his governor.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday urged residents to stay home after 8 p.m., activated the National Guard, and issued an executive order limiting some business operations to fight the spread of coronavirus.

"All non-essential and non-emergency travel in Jersey is strongly discouraged beginning tonight at 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. each day," Murphy said. "This will remain in effect for the foreseeable future. We want everybody to be home, not out."

On Monday afternoon, he clarified that this was not explicitly a curfew.


"This is not a curfew, but it is strongly recommended and travel is strongly discouraged. If you don't need to be on the roads, you should not be on the roads," he said.

Murphy signed an executive order Monday that mandates all non-essential retail, recreational, and entertainment businesses cease daily operations at 8 p.m. every night. He also mobilized the New Jersey National Guard "to assist in our efforts in any way necessary."

Murphy told CNN Monday night that the National Guard could be used to deliver food to children in need, help coordinate drive-through testing sites and repurpose nursing homes and dormitories into hospitals.

"The National Guard can play a whole range of roles," Murphy said.

As of Monday afternoon, New Jersey had 178 confirmed cases of coronavirus and two deaths.

The view that billion dollar businesses are shutting down over a hoax is laughable.