I looked up some numbers this morning, just out of curiosity. This is NOT intended to make light of or diminish the seriousness of Covid 19, but simply to provide perspective....so don't blow me up.

Currently, as of the moment I'm posting this, there are just over 150,000 confirmed C-19 cases globally, in 149 countries, and 5,617 have died. In comparison, the 2019/2020 seasonal flu, in the U.S. alone, has had over 26 million cases, 14,000 deaths, and 250,000 hospitalized. Again, that's globally vs. U.S. numbers alone.

The 2009 H1N1 virus, in comparison, led to over 12,000 deaths in the U.S. - the global estimates are varied, somewhere between 150,000-580,000 deaths (I pulled these #'s from the CDC).

This is clearly a very serious virus, but IMO it doesn't warrant the panic that has ensued. Wash your hands, be smart and stay safe.

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