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Personally I think the press, the president, the CDC, the NCAA, the Pro sports leaque, etc. are all overreacting to this.

Personally, I am quite peeved that I am losing my vacation because of all this, not because I am afraid of getting sick, but because I can't trust that when I leave the country I am going to be able to get back into the country because of all the hysteria. It sucks I am going to lose out because of other people's irrational (and yes I think it is irrational unless you are very old and/or already have an underlying condition) fears.

The problem is that it's not THAT irrational.

Yes, mortality rates for anyone who is not old or with underlying medical conditions are very low. I'm not worried about what would happen if I catch COVID-19. 

But so far everything shows that this is much more transmissable than the flu. ESPECIALLY if you don't take these sort of precautions. It has a longer incubation period, and you may be asymptomatic for 24-48 hours [or more] while still being contagious. 

So I look at it this way... Sunday night we're planning to do our St Patrick's Day celebration with the kids and my wife's dad and step-mom. They're not "old", at only 65. But he has Szogren's Syndrome (an autoimmune disease) so is more susceptible to and at higher risk for these things. 

How would I feel if I'd gone to a conference tournament, came home, was completely asymptomatic, and then found out that I'd infected him and he was hospitalized or [god forbid] died? 

These containment procedures are there for a reason. 

As I've said, I'm not sure if they're going too far or not. But at least I understand why they're doing it.

The problem is that it's not THAT irrational.

Yes, mortality rates for anyone who is not old or with underlying medical conditions are very low. I'm not worried about what would happen if I catch COVID-19.

But so far everything shows that this is much more transmissable than the flu. ESPECIALLY if you don't take these sort of precautions. It has a longer incubation period, and you may be asymptomatic for 24-48 hours [or more] while still being contagious.

So I look at it this way... Sunday night we're planning to do our St Patrick's Day celebration with the kids and my wife's dad and step-mom. They're not "old", at only 65. But he has Szogren's Syndrome (an autoimmune disease) so is more susceptible to and at higher risk for these things.

How would I feel if I'd gone to a conference tournament, came home, was completely asymptomatic, and then found out that I'd infected him and he was hospitalized or [god forbid] died?

These containment procedures are there for a reason.

As I've said, I'm not sure if they're going too far or not. But at least I understand why they're doing it.

I wouldn't try to convince anyone to care about the collective.  Many won't care until they, themselves, are hospitalized.

Ohio schools closed for three weeks. Ohio's top health official guesstimates 100,000 people in the state are infected.

It's tough. I had planned on taking the fam to see my parents next week. But they are both in their 70's and my mom just got done with chemo. So...what, don't visit? But when realistically could I?

That's the thing. We don't know much of anything right now. We do know that this will pass, much like other pandemics have passed.

That's the thing. We don't know much of anything right now. We do know that this will pass, much like other pandemics have passed.

Precisely - and with this much unknown, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being proactive. 

12,000 cases in Italy, over 800 dead.  Yeah, let's just yell 'MURICA and ignore it  tough it out.

Now I'm going to dine alone. 

I eat a sandwich over the sink quite a bit - not that distressing