Originally Posted by
Day Tripper
HYSTERIA!!!!!!!!!
I'm actually avoiding people I don't normally have contact with. If it really is originating from Mexico, and where I live is 80% Mexican, I know I'm at a greater risk than probably most others on this site, simply due to the fact I come in contact with new immigrants/people who have visited family recently/visiting family from Mexico more frequently than probably most others on this site.
If I didn't live in an agricultural hub of the world I'd be less concerned as this area appeals to immigrants because of the jobs offered (or jobs that were offered before the water restrictions and loss of farmland/crops this season). It's a time like this I wish I lived somewhere isolated. I hate getting sick.
Your the kind of person I was thinking of when I posted this (and I updated first post with "social distancing" advice). I thought CDC was wrong to only advise hand washing and not to advise social distancing (not going to crowded areas etc) in flu areas the way other countries did. The southern borders should have been closed instead of risking people but I suppose that's a political debate I wont go into here.
In any case, I never meant to see this thread keep going with other thread in News tracking things so if a forum fairy wants to lock this that's fine