Lakeaffect, thank you for the link. My son is coming home for spring break tomorrow, and his university hasn't given any indication that classes will not resume after the break. Its web site has information and updates on the coronavirus, and indicates it's working with the city's health department to monitor outbreaks, which so far, have not reached the city. I'm an adjunct at a community college in a major metropolitan area that has seen a few cases. My college has not mentioned anything. Nothing. I just did a search at its web site, my inbox... nada. Our spring break is in a few weeks, so perhaps our officials are working on a plan. I'm surprised by the lack of information because they're usually excellent facilitators of information to our community.

Jinx - I'm sorry to have to deal with that. I saw your post too. I find it hard still with those going on about it being all the media etc. and saying it is a conspiracy to get the president etc. Fortunately these are not close friends at this point, but it really gets me especially since I have several friends in Europe who are seeing with their own eyes what is going on as many work in healthcare. I try to move on and skip it and hope we are ahead of things by starting social distancing earlier than many of the European countries did. Unfortunately I don't feel like looking at China is a good option since they have a way of controlling their citizens that isn't there in the same way in the Western world. We can learn from what happened to different age groups with their population, but as to control I don't think it is the same as they use ways that wouldn't work in the Western cultures until it is really bad to control things.

Yes this could go on for months and it will get worse before it gets better, so in 6 weeks, we'll check in again and decide if he's good to go or not. Fortunately his bone scan is completely elective. For others with more serious issues, it's a lot harder issue. In my state the cases of covid are still doubling every 2-3 days which is an awful trajectory. And that's without adequate testing, so more than likely the total cases are far greater than the numbers show.

One of the above links had Spain and Italy as countries with the best health care. Both those countries have much higher death rates for coved then the US. And before you go all bry911 on me, that is data taken from when each country began having problems and then the same amount of days from that. I think it was 19 days. Just saying, not everything posted here is fact. First, the U.S. has the best emergent care in the world, largely because that is the only access to care that a significant portion of our population has. In fact, you are looking at the only benefit of a busted system as proof positive we are better. Few people die of dehydration on a fresh water lake, that isn't a testament to the general safety of freshwater lakes. Furthermore, Spain - deaths 4,019, recovered 7,015. - Italy deaths 7,503, recovered 9,362 - U.S. deaths 1,037, recovered 428... Now those numbers are largely meaningless as is comparing a virus on a timeline when countries have drastically different R-naughts. I assure you, your point on the efficacy of the U.S. healthcare system can be made when this is over, there is no need to jump the gun and do it today.