My Conclusion: COVID-19 will spread globally. But we have to see it in context. I read through several case studies, news articles and early epidemiological data. As well as recent articles about the spread in the USA. Here are my conclusions on how this will go. Text wall approaching.

There is no data. You are claiming to have knowledge that does not exist. What we do not know is far more than we do know.

We do not know the lingering effects. We do not know what the response will be to subsequent exposure. We do not know if this will jump species (I live on a dairy, if this gets to cows this country is fucked, as lovely as veganism is, we are not currently in a position to make that transition).

In nineteen years they have yet to find a vaccination to the OG SARS that didn't kill everyone. Every dollar spent in containment now will be worth a million in mitigation later. I am going to do whatever I can to protect my family from exposure even if that means making some sacrifices and I am more than willing to support all my government's actions as they pertain to containment. Letting the vulnerable die and thinking this all goes back to normal in a few months is an optimistic view we will have to disagree on.

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