Snowbird parks and Coronavirus
Has your snowbird park considered cancelling group activities because of the coronavirus?
Forum Discussion
I saw two bluebirds in a tree and a dead frog this morning. These observations, while valid have as much significance on the potential spread and mortality of a new infectious disease, coronavirus as the number of people killed in auto accidents. None is a valid way to evaluate what's going on. If you are saying that the deaths we eventually have from corona are less somehow because the absolute numbers are less than the flu or auto accidents... well that's just cold.
Comparing flu to corona is just mildly more significant. We have a very large percent of the population protected from the flu from previous mild infections or vaccination. Every individual who is protected acts as a roadblock to the spread during flu season. Yet we still have 10s of thousands of deaths each year.
No one has protection from corona. There are no roadblocks. We have to slow the spread so that our health care system does not get overwhelmed. Each person has to act responsibly to mitigate the spread. Not everyone is going to be infected, obviously. But, the potential is a little frightening.
This isn't hype. It's just running the numbers. That's why businesses, cities, counties and countries are cancelling group activities and travel.
Until we get accurate numbers from wide spread testing, caution is the only way to responsibly proceed.
Comparing flu to corona is just mildly more significant. We have a very large percent of the population protected from the flu from previous mild infections or vaccination. Every individual who is protected acts as a roadblock to the spread during flu season. Yet we still have 10s of thousands of deaths each year.
No one has protection from corona. There are no roadblocks. We have to slow the spread so that our health care system does not get overwhelmed. Each person has to act responsibly to mitigate the spread. Not everyone is going to be infected, obviously. But, the potential is a little frightening.
This isn't hype. It's just running the numbers. That's why businesses, cities, counties and countries are cancelling group activities and travel.
Until we get accurate numbers from wide spread testing, caution is the only way to responsibly proceed.
