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Old 05-16-2020, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by CS1987 View Post
I read an old letter to the editor dated April 1st the other day. It was from a retired doctor staying with friends in The Villages. She expressed alarm that social distancing didn't start until 7 days prior. She warned that because of that The Villages would have up to 30,000 cases of COVID 19 and between 1000 and 5000 deaths. The latest figures I've seen show 72 cases. I'm not sure about the number of deaths but I believe it is less than 12.

Nobody knows, it all opinions and speculation IMO. Way over blown except where world traveler’s when through and effected the population. IMO It was spreading at least by early January, IMO the world never had chance to stop it.