Pay attention to what IS being told.
Covid-19 is extremely virulent and communicable. All ages have been infected. Most devastating to high risk populations, with comorbidities. (Which means us.) Devastating to close quarters situations, such as Senior Care homes, cruise or Naval ships, meat and poultry processing plants, incarceration facilities, airline, subway and commuter rail and sadly, hospitals.
Because of the high percentage of asymptomatic cases, people could be running around infecting vulnerable populations even though they "don't feel sick".
Large event gatherings, concerts, movie theaters, restaurants, - you name it, have to be cancelled to keep the spread down.
There aren't enough accurate tests yet to be able to sample enough of the population in order to gauge "herd immunity", if that model even applies in the case of this disease.
Contrary to the musings of the Orange Idiot, this is not a hoax, it is not going to magically go away, and there is no vaccine nor wonder cure available nor in the foreseeable future.
Unfortunately, as showing by the graphs and numbers, confirmed cases and deaths are still rising in the heartland.
If draconian social distancing measures had not been enacted, think of how much more terrible this would have turned out.
RCJ
And now for something to lift our spirits: