Anyone sick and tired of the end of the world coronavirus?

Is the Amazon building where a case was reported yesterday one of their cooperate offices?  

I don’t normally get swept up in the crazy either, but this is different and it is worrisome.  
If I can find some hand sanitizer I would be happy to send you some, but since I am not terribly far away from you and there are several suspected cases here there isn’t any to be found.   

It is extremely frustrating that the Orange Menace is trivializing it and has put “Mr. let’s pray 
the gay away” in charge.  It would ease my fears if I thought the powers that be had a better handle on it.

I also work for large company and we're now getting daily updates. This morning our State of the Firm meeting was cancelled (which also includes cyber security training) as it means a couple of hundred employees all in one area. This was on the books for months.
Next week, we have board meetings and people are dialing in instead of coming into the office.

Meanwhile, my Mom insists she's going on her cruise and won't hear otherwise because she wants to. :/
Friend at work told me today that some of the travel insurance provisions are not covering this virus - that seems odd to me so I don't know if she's just spouting off stuff (as she tends to get overexcited on things).

As many of you know I'm in Seattle, near downtown. There has been a good amount of conversation from our local leaders who are trying to manage this virus in our city, country, state. They are not getting pertainent information and direction from the federal government about who gets tested, guidelines for managing those who have come in contact with those who have tested positive, etc.

I had dinner the other night with a good sized group of friends, half of whom still work. These are women high up in government banking, education, and medicine (one also has a daughter who is a Dr specializing in infectious disease, so you can imagine the stories she's hearing). Dealing with this is the main crux of their workload right now. By the way, there was a sign on the restaurant door asking that those with cold or flu symptoms to please not come inside and to cancel their reservation online. It's the real deal here. Schools have been closed for cleanings. One school district has already moved to online learning for the next 2 weeks.

Meanwhile, 9 dead in our community since Friday. More local cases announced daily. One new patient works a mile away from me and in an area of town I'm in frequently (I'll be there twice next week, both in large social settings of 50+ people). It will likely grow like wildfire in this particular Seatte neighborhood as it is densly populated and there are thousands of workers (predominately) tech workers who work in the area daily. Saving grace is that most are under the age of 40 so hopefully it won't be as devistating as it's been at the nursing facility in Kirkland. Also, I would imagine that many will be able to tele-work fairly easily.

After last night's announcement I came to the realization that most likely many people in this area will become infected, myself included....I feel like it's simply inevitable. I can only hope that my health is such that it doesn't turn into more than a mild illness for me.

Buckle up, buttercups.....and if you have hand sanitizer an/or isopropyl alcohol) available in your area and would consider mailing some to me (I'd pay of course) please send me a PM. I don't use it typically, and am washing my hands like mad, but it's still something I'd like to have on hand. Thanks

ETA: mid-day news is on and it is being reported that it's now 10 dead since Friday. 

My sister lives in a N Seattle suburb and said her girls didn't have school yesterday and other school districts are randomly closing, my BIL is being encouraged to work from home by his company and stores like Costco and Target are empty of the essentials like toilet paper, etc.

Here is the middle of ND life seems to going on as normal.

My sister lives in a N Seattle suburb and said her girls didn't have school yesterday and other school districts are randomly closing, my BIL is being encouraged to work from home by his company and stores like Costco and Target are empty of the essentials like toilet paper, etc.

Here is the middle of ND life seems to going on as normal.

Well, we have had two deaths and a school closure so far in my area, so I for one think being prepared (eg, having a plan for work if your kid’s school closes) is smart.

I am going about my day to day life as normal, with more groceries and cleaning supplies than normal, and a pocket hand sanitizer for use in my car and office. But my 88-year-old dad lives in Kirkland, where the first US death occurred, and is having surgery today at a hospital with a patient who is in isolation for the virus, so I am not brushing this off like your friend. I care if my dad (and my mother who lives with him) catch this and die. They get flu shots religiously. We can’t do anything about this.

It scared me when I hear "oh 2% death rate isn't bad."

That is 1 on every 50 people.  Do you know more than 50 people?  Then someone you know will die.  But no one thinks it will be them or someone they know.  As John Oliver said"  :that is literally the premise for The Leftovers  (2% went to the afterlife) and it didn't go well.

Unless everyone you know is under 23, then maybe no one you know will die.

Just noticed, someone marked this as politics?!! Wth?

The current estimate is that 70% of the world population will be infected so that's still a lot of people.

The current estimate is that 70% of the world population will be infected so that's still a lot of people.