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Comparing pandemic numbers in the beginning to preventable accidents is comparing apples to bowling balls. You personally can take this all with a grain of salt, but listen to the experts (not the MSM). If this was just the MSM "selling it", I doubt all these other countries would be shutting down their entire economies.

Series A was suspended a few days ago and today La Liga suspended

And the NBA just suspended the season as Rudy Gobert of the Jazz tested positive last night.  

Sorry for the outburst last night, hell it didint even make much sense when I read it this morning. I edited it to make more sense but I was not in the mood to double check. Just saying this to be civil. Good day. =)

Thank you SO much for articulating what I could not say last night. Funny how N/A is all pissy pants right now. It coming and precautions need to be made. It can no longer be a "me" world for the short future but a "us" one.

Here are my thoughts related to CV:

First, just like everything in our society today everyone wants to place everbody on the far left or far right. We see it all the time in politics. Truth of the matter is that most answers fall somewhere in the middle.

We have seen this with CV. You are either viewed as an over reactor that thinks the world is coming to an end over this no big deal or you are wreckless. Personally, my opinion moves a little bit each day. I didn't view this as something likely to effect me in rural WI a week ago until an infected person visited one of the near by schools this past weekend.

I once again believe I am somewhere in the middle. This is a very serious matter and people need to take it seriously and think about their communities, not just about themselves. I'm not living in panic and locking myself in my house but I am making conscious choices about limiting my contact with others to necessity. Meaning: For the time being I am trying to avoid large crowds for the purpose of entertainment (I thought about going to a movie this weekend with my wife but we may just watch something on Netflix). I'm washing my hands and sanitizing more. I'm avoiding shaking hands with visitors at work. This is not panic. It's about making smart choices to help in preventing the potential spread of the virus. I feel that if everyone would just take precautions and make smart aware choices this can settle down in a couple of weeks and we can start going back to our normal lives. This to me, is the best choice for everyone at this time.

Oh, and don't hoard toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Think of others who may need a pack of toilet paper at home. That is just crazy.

 Countries are not going to shut down their entire economies. Do you realize what they truly mean? That would be, no you don't. Where in the world are you coming up with that stupidy? Don't answer we already know, you believe the news to be true. LOL.

Ah, you do realize that Italy is under lockdown? With the restrictions they put in place it effectively shut down their economy. And with the travel industry being battered it affects all economies to some level. NBA, Serie A, La Liga, MLS, NPB, J League (to name a few) all suspended for the time being. Economies are affected....

With that said, could we please keep it classy on the forums. There is no place on here to call people stupid or call their thoughts stupidity. While everyone has there own opinions these forums are suppose to be for thoughtful discussion and not degenerate into name calling and other drivel. And this is a trading card site, not a political or religious forum so maybe we should be avoiding some of this anyhow.

RJ Smith wrote:

 Countries are not going to shut down their entire economies. Do you realize what they truly mean? That would be, no you don't. Where in the world are you coming up with that stupidy? Don't answer we already know, you believe the news to be true. LOL.

suomibear8 wrote:

Comparing pandemic numbers in the beginning to preventable accidents is comparing apples to bowling balls. You personally can take this all with a grain of salt, but listen to the experts (not the MSM). If this was just the MSM "selling it", I doubt all these other countries would be shutting down their entire economies.

RJ Smith wrote:

March 11th, today's numbers are.

126,369 infected worldwide.

68,304 have recovered 

Only 4,633 have died worldwide in two months and only 38 people have died in the USA

3,288 people will die in car crashes worldwide in one day, Everyday and every year this number goes up. More people have died in a car crash in two days than from this in 2 months. 

You should be more afraid of being in a car than this. Don't believe the news they are not there to tell you the truth. They are there to sell gloom & doom to keep you watching. The only important thing on tv is the commercials. They pay the bills to keep the shows on.

here are the numbers that are updated every day and you can see the numbers in the states are very low.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Do you actually listen to experts and not the media? Have you seen tourism in European countries? Have you seen the shut-down of government agencies and mandated quarantines? Ever hear of the stock market?  In this country businesses are shutting down after one infected person passes through. Maybe you should look into something before you make stupid comments. It's almost like you live under a rock.

Typical keyboard warrior calling other people names. I guess it was inevitable with this topic though.

Typing this from a Macdonalds bathroom stall... anyone got a square of toilet paper I can have?