the Coronavirus outbreak thread

[Laszlo]

Originally Posted by Patton250

I trust him also. However there’s way too many people involved in all this for any major player to get away with lying to us so you might want to expand your trust a bit but that’s up to you. I’ve heard Dr. Fauci speak several times a day every day for the last week and I have not heard anything from him that would cause me to even think about panicking let alone panic. In fact I find his reports reassuring.

Agree 100% and I’m not really panicking but a lot of mom’s are. Especially here in San Francisco. I was only sharing what I hear at home and they’re looking for reassurances. I can reassure as a husband with re-teaching my son to wash his hands etc., etc., and assure my wife there’s supplies around to get by if needed. We live in earthquake county so we have to be prepared nonetheless. But what I can’t do is provide transparency into what is going on. And yes the media fuels panic but they are also pointing out some incredible shortcomings of the CDC. I mean this is America aren’t we supposed to be pretty bad ass at this stuff? Haha, at least that’s how it plays off in the movies. Anyway I’m more concerned about geopolitical and financial impacts.