Anybody who thinks this thing is just hype isn't looking at the damned numbers. Put down the macho bullshit and learn something.
I wrote this post on Facebook on Thursday Night, March 12th 2020. Since I wrote it, the post been shared 120k times and I’ve been asked to…
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To sum this up for the people who don't want to take the time to read it, we're looking at exponential growth here, not linear growth. So there are 50 confirmed cases in Utah right now, that means that there are actually 51,200 people out there who have the virus but have not been confirmed. And that number will double in three days if we do not take the drastic actions that are being recommended (but not ordered) by the Feds. Groups of no more than 10 people, older people (60+) staying home, and no unnecessary travel.
People who know me love to make fun of my literalness and profound knowledge of generally useless historical facts (ask Carl and Cody about our conversations at the RME Meet & Greet on Saturday). That said, to my knowledge, there is no comparable event in American history. The Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 can't really compare because of the relative lack of inter-connectivity of the nation. It was basically an issue in major metro areas and spread at a markedly slower rate. Remember, we didn't even have a paved transcontinental highway until the 1920's, so movement was
much harder than it is today.
Regardless if we all lock ourselves in our homes today, this is going to be a national trauma of historic proportions in terms of the number of people who fall ill, have severe health problems, deaths, and the social and economic impacts that it
will cause. I am not scared, per se, but I am literally dumbfounded by how quickly this has all happened. In 2020 America we were not supposed to have pandemics that shut society down. I was wrong. Do yourself and everyone else a favor and listen to the experts. Stay home, avoid travel, avoid groups and we'll pull through; but the other side is going to look very different.