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This is where we're headed if people don't get their sht together and stop hoarding toilet paper.

I may be down, but I'm not out.

I was once told I was the biggest fool here, maybe of all time. I wonder if I got smarter, you got dumber, or people just don't know how to debate anymore without ad hominem.

But it was almost 30 years before the CDC was even started. Medicine was not even close to what we have now. Comparing anything pre-WW2 to now just isn't a valid comparison.

Diagnosis is better, treatments to ease symptoms is better. It would still be scary, but the 57-58 or 68-69 flu outbreaks are probably equivalent.

The Spanish Flu of 1918 preceded the use of antibiotics and antivirals and really is irrelevant for comparison.

The CDC isn't going to stay quiet for political reasons. South Korea is a great example of where we need to look for advice. They were ahead of this from day one because of the effects they suffered from MERS a few years ago. This is exactly the time for unity, not politics, but political hacks...

Or perhaps its lesser known cousin, Flavor-Aid? Flavor-Aid was actually used at Jonestown, but Kool Aid got the credit/blame.

Stop panicking. Healthcare workers are people just like you and have the same concerns. Overwhelming them with questions and stress and hyperbole about worst case scenarios doesn't help them or anyone else. Take reasonable precautions. Wash your hands, disinfect surfaces, cover your mouth when...

Add in the media who is loving the attention they're getting and the ad revenue it brings with it.

Are you suggesting we should test people who are asymptomatic? This figure is meaningless.

For everybody concerned about the number of tests, think about it for a second. If the number of tests are low, that means people aren't presenting with symptoms. They don't just test everybody who walks in. Originally, foreign travel was a requirement, but that's been dropped. Private labs...