I work in the medical field..almost 29 yrs now.

We have been dealing with this Covid 19 for the past week plus at the hospital.

The virus is concerning. Personally I am more worried about the general population reaction than being infected. Fear can spread chaos. It can cause desparation in people and they will do desperate things. If people are in a panic mode, this can get weird real quick. My wife called me from the local supermarket and it was packed like the day before Christmas/Thanksgiving.

Everything is shutting down sports,schools,social events,anything with mass gatherings. The trickle down from this is more than what people assume and how it will affect is being underestimated.

Call me paranoid or being kooky, I don't care. I am not going to be caught with my pants down.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Agree, sports and concerts just aren't as important as public health. Businesses don't want their name in the headlines for being a petri dish that kills grandma. Hopefully it means the less it spreads, the quicker the recovery time so everyone can get back to all of those fun public gatherings. Closing schools is the biggest issue as many parents are still going to work and have to feed their kids lunch that was otherwise provided.

I work in the medical field..almost 29 yrs now.

We have been dealing with this Covid 19 for the past week plus at the hospital.

The virus is concerning. Personally I am more worried about the general population reaction than being infected. Fear can spread chaos. It can cause desparation in people and they will do desperate things. If people are in a panic mode, this can get weird real quick. My wife called me from the local supermarket and it was packed like the day before Christmas/Thanksgiving.

Everything is shutting down sports,schools,social events,anything with mass gatherings. The trickle down from this is more than what people assume and how it will affect is being underestimated.

Call me paranoid or being kooky, I don't care. I am not going to be caught with my pants down.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Agree, sports and concerts just aren't as important as public health. Businesses don't want their name in the headlines for being a petri dish that kills grandma. Hopefully it means the less it spreads, the quicker the recovery time so everyone can get back to all of those fun public gatherings. Closing schools is the biggest issue as many parents are still going to work and have to feed their kids lunch that was otherwise provided.

Well put Bob. Thanks. We have had a lot of meetings here at the hospital over the last few days and are working to care for the public that this could have possibly infected plus just the regular flu and all the other ailments that are apart of health care. Trying to contain it and minimize it. Hospitals are already impacted just by the normal care of ill patients during this time of year and this could just add more.

Closest thing they've got to beef broth.

The Mayor of NYC, Bill DeBlasio has not cancelled the St. Patricks Day parade yet.

Boston cancelled theirs.

He did postpone it on March 11th

Thanks for the update.