View Single Post
Old 29 January 2020, 11:44 PM   #19
3 Putt
"TRF" Member
 
3 Putt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Real Name: Jeff
Location: Florida/China
Watch: All of them
Posts: 240
I live 700 km from Wuhan. My company is making me leave until things stabilize. So I will return to the US until China stabilizes. I can tell you, my city of 10 million people seems deserted. Not a single person outside walking. The subway is operating only 20% of the time and busses are just about empty. Anybody that has been to China knows this never happens.

Shanghai airport was empty yesterday when I returned to China from Singapore. Very few cars on the road and road blocks set up along highways to take passenger temperatures. The place is now intimidating and I don't scare easy.

Those of you trying to compare mortality rates with auto accidents or the flu are missing the point. Of the 7,000 cases reported (and probably double or triple that in actuality as the Chinese government is not always honest), only about 150 people have been cured. Cured meaning they have beaten the virus. The rest are still suffering through the painful symptoms. While this will not likely be as bad as SARS, it will affect a lot more people than those in China.
__________________
“If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt.”
― Dean Martin
3 Putt is offline