The owner of this website occasionally uses his space to allow himself to "vent" on various topics, some of which involve racing issues and some not of that topic. I'm going to do that today and will attempt to tie racing in with the broader topic and I'm sure that if this blog gets too far "off the rails" that it will soon come down and never be seen again.
Caronavirus, also known at COVID-19. As it affected you? Do you feel that you life has been over affected by the threat of such a virus infecting you or anyone you know? Does it seen to you like the entire world has lost its compass and is just going crazy over the fears of this so-called pandemic.
From where I'm looking at things, the whole world seems to have lost track of what is common sense and what is hysteria and we are treading on thin ice of losing all perspective. Certainly this disease is serious, but is it really to the point that it has been taken by both politicians and the media and taken by the "sheep" in our society to the point they can't think or talk about anything else. And what about all those weak kneed business and sports executives who have caved into the "me too" attitude that has created a "snowball" effect that has virtually frozen all of society.
In my home state(Wisconsin) latest data updated this very afternoon reports that nineteen people have been diagnosed with COVID-19. NINETEEN in the whole state. In the entire United States there have been reported to be sixteen hundred and sixty two known positive cases. Now there are three hundred and twenty seven and spare change million people living the the U.S. right now. That means that the rate of infection by this disease is .0000446% or roughly about the same odds as getting hit by a meteorite on the street! Yet just the perceived threat of getting this disease has caused all major league sports to put their seasons on hold, cancel most of the college conference championships, cause the NCAA to cancel the basketball tournament along with tournaments for hockey and wrestling, cause most state high school tournaments to either be canceled or severely limit the spectators that can attend, cancel concerts, close theme parks, force the Master's Golf Tournament which isn't even scheduled until April to be postponed and even NASCAR today changed their mind and postponed their two coming races rather than run them before closed grandstands(the empty grandstands would have been the first thing that did look normal!) Colleges and universities are closing down their campuses in favor of on line courses and even St. Patrick's Day has even been postponed!
More people die every day in this country from car accidents, the common flu and colds and drug overdoses but I don't see any panicked rush to close the highways and stop producing pharmaceuticals. At what point did we lose our common sense as a people and start flying off the handle from these perceived threats and taking overboard knee-jerk reactions?
Yes it is true that there isn't a vaccine for the flu right now. But the vast majority of people heal from this flu the same way that they do from any other type of flu.And the groups most at risk of catching this flu are not any different than those most suspect for any of our Winter diseases and that won't change.
It's not real hard. Do the things you're supposed to do like washing your hands often, cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, stay home if you feel sick and avoid crowds if you have any of the symptoms of this or any other Winter disease. And for goodness sake, let's not turn this entire world up side down over one type of flu. And for those of you hoarding toilet paper, I don't even want to get on that subject except to let you know that COVID-19 isn't a diarrhea type flu.
let's start thinking smart again and using a lot more common sense in what we do and what we believe and not being such an overreacting society.
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