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'''COVID-19''' is the disease caused by a novel Chinese coronavirus with the scary name '''SARS-CoV-2'''. The virus may not have a higher infection mortality rate than seasonal influenza and is much less deadly than SARS and MERS. | '''COVID-19''' is the disease caused by a novel Chinese coronavirus with the scary name '''SARS-CoV-2'''. The virus may not have a higher infection mortality rate than seasonal influenza and is much less deadly than SARS and MERS. | ||
Most American states have seen deaths in the hundreds or even single digits. A notable exception being New York, specifically New York City, suggesting the virus may be dangerous relative to other viruses and spreads quickly in extremely dense and unsanitary | Most American states have seen deaths in the hundreds or even single digits. A notable exception being New York, specifically New York City, suggesting the virus may be dangerous relative to other viruses and spreads quickly in extremely dense and unsanitary cities.<ref>http://archive.is/mJaJN</ref> Similarly to seasonal influenza, 98% of fatal cases have a serious underlying condition and most are very old,<ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref><ref>https://ophrp.org/journal/view.php?number=550</ref><ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref> and different from the Spanish Flu, it does not kill the young at all. In Italy, one of the hardest hit countries, your chance of dying from it if you were under 30 was 0.000008%.<ref>https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105061/coronavirus-deaths-by-region-in-italy/</ref> | ||
Nonetheless, the global outbreak in early 2020 sparked mass hysteria, irrational violence, government overreach, mass surveillance, hypochondria, temporary food, toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages, rationing including bread lines in capitalist countries, mass unemployment, terrorism charges against those purposefully spreading saliva in public, hospital crowding, a stock market collapse and other severe economic damages caused by lockdowns. | Nonetheless, the global outbreak in early 2020 sparked mass hysteria, irrational violence, government overreach, mass surveillance, hypochondria, temporary food, toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages, rationing including bread lines in capitalist countries, mass unemployment, terrorism charges against those purposefully spreading saliva in public, hospital crowding, a stock market collapse and other severe economic damages caused by lockdowns. | ||