- Every epidemic / pandemic is serious
- Elderly people need to be more cautious
- People with cardiovascular and other chronic illnesses need to take every precaution
- Millions of people have lost their jobs
- Most of them are minimum wage earners
- There will be an increase in the number of suicides
- The reaction to corona has been somewhat hysterical
- The panic can be attributed to the news media and the politicians
- This epidemic will wane in 2-4 weeks
- Article: It’s Dangerous to Be Ruled by Fear by Bret Stephens
- Article: Rethinking the Coronavirus Shutdown (Editorial in Wall Street Journal)
- Dr. Wecht has visited the open wildlife markets in China in the past
- We need to put pressure on China to get rid of such barbaric customs
- This winter season, 38 million Americans have been infected by the flu (influenza)
- 390,000 have been hospitalized and 22,000 have died
- These numbers far exceed the numbers associated with coronavirus
- People aged 65 or more are at a greater risk
- Because the immune system becomes weaker with age
- Tokyo Olympics officially postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic
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