Quoted from davijc02:

I remember when SARS, the bird flu, H1N1, and Ebola were going to end civilization as we know it yet here we are.
This whole whole corona deal is blown the hell out of proportion and will pass. Just more media scare tactics.

Quoted from mbeardsley:

Yeah, the tricky part was getting the 4000 people who have died from it to go along and pretend to be dead.

Quoted from Tsskinne:

I will be there hell or high water. My guess is many of us here take daily risks that are higher than coronavirus like replying to a text while driving, consuming some form of drug be it tobacco, alcohol, or caffeine, and being a pinball crowd probably not eating the healthiest of diets. Nobody freaks out over those things on a daily basis. I'm not going to freak out about a new strain of flu going around. Stay home if it makes you feel better, shorter lines for me.

Quoted from Zablon:

whysnow Let me help you see the difference...
Number of deaths for leading causes of death
Heart disease: 647,457 - Doesn't infect others
Cancer: 599,108 - Doesn't infect others
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936 - Ban cars. Doesn't infect others
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201 - Doesn't infect others
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383 - Doesn't infect others
Alzheimer’s disease: 121,404 - Doesn't infect others
Diabetes: 83,564 - Doesn't infect others
Influenza and pneumonia: 55,672 - Yep, that sucks too bad we don't do something about that too
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,633 - Doesn't infect others
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 47,173- Doesn't infect others
Corvid-19 - Infects others.

Quoted from vicjw66:

A high school friend of mine worked as an ER nurse at a hospital in Northern California which had one of the first confirmed cases. He complained about the lack of safety protocols and they ignored him. The hospital was monitoring a bunch of patients but didn’t have the tests to confirm cases. Dept. of HHS came in for a meeting with all the RN’s and didn’t have a clue according to him. They asked them all to sign NDAs. That’s all they seemed to care about at the time. The nurses told HHS to pound sand. My friend quit. That was mid February if I remember. He’s terrified of this thing.
If the flu kills 60k Americans each year and this thing is over 10 times deadlier and much more contagious, you are looking at possibly millions of deaths if massive precautions aren’t taken. If it mutates into a deadlier form like the 1918 Spanish flu did, then who knows.
I can’t think of a more dangerous environment for this thing to spread than a large pinball show. I’ve been to a few, and what I’ve noticed is disgusting. People wiping there nose and face while playing. Then the next person does the same. Alternating between touching the flippers then scratching their nose and rubbing their eyes and mouth. If concerts and sporting events are being cancelled, then pinball shows certainly should be as well.