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[quote=pettifogger][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am kind of concerned about this too, but then I ask myself “how did people think about grades during the Spanish flu pandemic?”

I think a sense of normalcy is important, but so is perspective. These are weird times. If we are healthy, we are okay. Nothing else matters that much. [/quote]

Millions of people were dying dying the Spanish flu.

Only 3,000 Americans have covid 19.  Do you know anyone dying?  Do you know anyone critically ill?  My guess is no. [/quote]

That's because until now the "doubling" portion of the exponential curve has resulted in small totals (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc). But now that we've reached critical mass, each doubling will rapidly lead to millions and more. The current doubling rate seems to be about 2-3 days. I'll let you do the math, but under this same rate (assuming the social distancing doesn't work, or people don't follow it and this rate doesn't change), we'll hit a million in about 20-21 days, which is 3 weeks. I'm not taking into account the actual number of infections (which we don't know since testing so far has been minimal, but could be logically estimated at 10x or more).

Let's hope that everyone in the country assumes the level of individual responsibility they need to in order to put a dent in this curve.[/quote]

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