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Nope - I wash my hands. You want me to self-quarantine already? I'm not going to be afraid of 0.00001% of my state being infected.

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Ah, yes, washing your hands. The completely infallible way to prevent the spread of a disease.

I don't want you to be afraid - I want you to minimize the risk that you get coronavirus and become another infection vector, endangering the at-risk populations around you.

I want you to do that because it is the socially responsible thing to do, and it will decrease the chance of someone who is far more at risk of serious complications from the disease catching it.

Every disease has its super spreaders, this poster is just a good example of why we should cancel everything and be careful, since there is at least one person out there with no understanding of risk and disease epidemiology. There are likely to be more, and the less chances we give them to put us and vulnerable populations in harm's way, the better. If we knew everyone would react appropriately we wouldn't need drastic action, but this is a perfect example of why we need to act fast.

I took the subway today, and it was about 1/4 full for the time. But everyone there wasn't pulling their hair out in abject terror. Last night my wife and I ate dinner at a Thai restaurant, and it was pretty full. I'm just going with the huge portion of society that doesn't choose to be afraid.

That's good that you're patronizing Asian businesses, a lot of them have been hit hard by people avoiding them due to virus fears.

You do realize that every confirmed case (and fatality) is a lagging indicator, right? Further delayed by the fact that testing is still basically nonexistent.

No other option but to lock yourself in your house with all these carriers everywhere!

Can you please stop feeding this flamewar? It's fine that you've stated your view, but to keep provoking others like this amounts to trolling. Ironic in a thread about contagion.

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