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A few points about coronavirus... 

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There are several things concerning this virus and preparations for it that I hope you folks will consider.

• Undented professionally canned food kept in a cool, dark place "keeps" for 3 to 6 years, regardless of what the 'best used' dates on the cans might be. (Home-canned food keeps for just one year.) Stocking up on them isn't a waste as long as you employ a little discipline.

• If you stock up on food, remember to stock up on essential medicines too. My doctor had no objection to giving me a second prescription for coumadin, and I've already ordered it from an on-line Canadian pharmacy. (You can't use your insurance for the second purchase though, and there is some risk that U.S. Customs will confiscate the shipment.)

• If you wait until coronavirus is definitely here, you run the risk of store inventories being depleted and prices being elevated. Stores, and the food you buy at stores, are also likely mediums through which you may encounter the virus. So why not do your buying now when the virus isn't yet here?

• I am reading that the mortality (death) rate from Wuhan coronavirus is "only" 2 percent. (That won't seem so low if you contract it, believe me). 2 percent is lower than the mortality rates of influenzas that have recently circulated in the U.S., and it is far lower than the 9 percent mortality rate of SARS. However, the 2 percent figure is badly flawed. It is calculated by dividing the number of deaths from the disease (currently 305) by the current number of cases (currently 14,600), yielding 2.1 percent. But just 600 of the 14,600 cases of Wuhan coronavirus have run their course! Many more deaths will certainly occur, raising the mortality rate considerably. A different (but still flawed) way of estimating the disease's mortality rate is to compare the number of deaths (305) to the number of people who have contracted and recovered from the disease (348 ). If you do this, the mortality rate skyrockets to 47 percent. Just think about that, okay?

• China has been lying at every turn... from the early denials that the disease was transmissible from human to human, to the number of people infected, to the number of people who have died. There's an excellent chance that our country is or will be lying about it too. Nobody wants a panic.

• Few die from Wuhan coronavirus. Most die from pneumonia. If you're a Senior (I'm not) or vulnerable (I am), ask your doctor for a pneumonia vaccination. There's no assurance that it will work versus the Wuhan pneumonia, but it may.

• Antibacterial soap doesn't usually kill viruses. Washing with soap and water is a far better way to protect yourself.

• The Great Influenza of 1918 did most (two thirds) of its killing in just 24 weeks. More than one third died in the period from mid-September to early December. So if you can hole up in your house for just a few months, you'll probably be safe.




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