Comments by "A.J. Hart" (@cobbler88) on "How Serious is the Coronavirus? Infectious Disease Expert Michael Osterholm Explains | Joe Rogan" video.

  1. Well, the NBA could never play another game and most people wouldn't care. But it's a shame about Tom and Rita. :(
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  2. And "ready" would be what, exactly? Everyone's working on treatments but there is no cure, so it's not like we had vats of that on hand to distribute. The testing that was delayed was diagnostic - not screening - testing. The people who received those tests had already been isolated and were being treated, so the delay meant nothing. I don't want to minimize the impact of this virus on the groups most susceptible to it, but trying to get everyone running around like civilization is coming to an end over something with such a low mortality rate outside of those groups is lunacy. Unfortunately, until the party in the White House changes, cries of panic will become the new normal every time there is a new virus and I'll be left scrambling to get toilet paper because of all the twitchy sky-is-falling freaks emptying the shelves. The CDC recommendations are nowhere near as drastic as what various entities have done, canceling or suspending seasons, events, etc. How does a nation become "ready" for something like this beyond what it does for any other virus, which seems to work pretty well?
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