Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson say they have coronavirus

The two actors posted on social media about the disease.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-coronavirus/story?id=69547484

You didn't see this kind of panic for the H1N1 flu. Nor for the normal flu, which has killed more people in a season, than the H1N1 ever did. The pandemic is in the media hype. Not the disease.

Yep!

These suspensions and cancellations of everything will cause the peak to happen much sooner and without as many infected.

This is a good thing.  

At the end of the pandemic, we will look back and see that it was not nearly as bad as a flu season but here we are in the middle of the insane panic.

The cancellations are not necessarily  part of the panic, I think they will help to MANAGE the panic in the long run.

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                By metmike - March 10, 2020, 1:56 p.m.            

Ironically, I think that very aggressive even draconian measures being taken to cancel events and close schools should reassure us vs it currently signaling that this must be really, really bad because they never did this before.

The Swine and other flu's spread rapidly because people went about their lives as usual...........not taking special precautions.

With the Coronavirus, people are already washing their hands several times a day more and in places that report cases, people will be avoiding potential contact with the virus by changing their routines. This, by itself will cut way down on the spread vs how really, really bad it could spread if everybody treated it like the flu.  So this is a really, really good thing and the number of people infected with the flu will also go down.

So I am for taking most of these pretty extreme measures:

1. They will help to lessen the spread
2. People "should" feel better that actions are being taken
3. They are all just temporary inconveniences.
4. Maybe this will set a precedent for dealing with the flu that kills 40,000 Americans every year

Big Ten tournament canceled early due to coronavirus concerns

 metmike: It seems like we are just starting with the different cancellations and bans.

This really is a very smart decision.  With the contagiousness of this virus and people thinking of it as the deadly virus from hell, where 1 Coronavirus infection = 1,000 flu infections the only reality right now is how its affecting people thoughts and actions, which are being based on pure emotion in many cases.

Since the location is Indianapolis, it puts even more pressure on Indiana to cancel this chess tournament.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2020/03/12/big-ten-tournament-cancellation-coronavirus/5031474002/