Anyone canceling trips due to Corona virus?

Terryallan wrote:

Why do you think you are going to get it? there are over 334 million people in the US. What makes you so sure that you will be part of the .0001 percent that will get it????

.0001% of 339 million (current US population) = 339 people.

The current COVID-19 cases for the US is 808.

So it's more like .00024%, but, you're right, it's a small number.

Terryallan wrote:

And over 80% of the ones that do get it recover with out any medical treatment. Man don't panic. Stop watching CNN. live your life. You are in no more danger than you were in December

It's uncertain how high the COVID-19 cases will get. If COVID-19 burns out when the weather gets warmer (like other flus), then the infected may stay fairly low.

However, it COVID-19 doesn't stop growing in Spring, then all bets are off. If Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch is right, then 40 to 70% of the world adult population could get coronavirus. If you're keeping score, for the US that would be between 131 to 229 million cases. Hope you're right.

Finally, about that 80%. In one sense, it's great that most COVID-19 cases are mild. But in the early stages of infection, many people don't even know they're infected . . . and they unknowingly walk around spreading it. Very bad mojo.

ScottG wrote:
Seems like a lot of people WANT this to be more than it is and feast on the media blowing it out of proportion.

And then there are the people who WANT this to be all about the media.

allen8106 wrote:
The organization I work for has implement a ban on all air travel, international and domestic.

Mine too...but I figure it's the corporate lawyers making the call.

If an employee dies because the company put them in harms way, that's a really big payout. Much cheaper to cancel a few trips.

Leo Smith wrote:
No cancelations for our RV trips. We have already made our reservations and plan to visit 5 national parks this year. I'm drinking Dos Equis instead of Corona.

:B

Terry, your math doesn't add up. Evidence has shown that every infected person infects two others. No one has any immunity to this virus. Evidence has shown that the number of cases doubles about every two weeks.

The spokesperson from the CDC said that it's just a matter of time that everyone will be exposed to this virus within the next year or two.

That doesn't mean every person will get sick. But your numbers are way off.

BTW, just today 4 or 5 representatives and 1 senator are in quarantine due to exposure to someone who tested postive and has disease.

joebedford wrote:

Terryallan wrote:
Why do you think you are going to get it? there are over 334 million people in the US. What makes you so sure that you will be part of the .0001 percent that will get it????

And over 80% of the ones that do get it recover with out any medical treatment. Man don't panic. Stop watching CNN. live your life. You are in no more danger than you were in December

There are already more than .0001 percent that have it (do the math). What's reported in the US is way UNDER-reported. This thing has been in the wild for weeks while the ostriches still had their heads stuck in the sand. When exposure goes to 50% and 3.4% of those will die, will that get your attention?

Having said that, I'm living my life (but I'm staying away from large crowds and washing my hands a lot more).

I did do the math. I'm spot on. As for the people dying. In fact those were already sick. With things like COPD. And other respiratory illness.

Well we were not doing much different until we found out that the State of Georgia was setting up Hard Labor Creek State Park as a location for the isolation and monitoring of patients who may have been exposed to COVID-19. That just didn't sound like where we wanted to camp, so we changed our reservations to a different park.
Hard Labor Creek

It’s good to see for the most part , most on this thread are not in the panic mode , unfortunately from the looks of things a lot of people are . We are spending a couple weeks in Willow Beach, Az. , and it’s off the beaten path . Went into Henderson , Nv for groceries , wanted to buy “ONE “ case of bottled water at Costco , well that didn’t happen. Did get one at Walmart.

No change in our travel plans , three plus month Alaska trip still a go .Besides fuel prices will be low :B

No cancelations for our RV trips. We have already made our reservations and plan to visit 5 national parks this year. I'm drinking Dos Equis instead of Corona.