I read through all of the responses and the thought came to me about the Far East where they wear masks all the time (because of the air quality---or lack there-of)...yet China had a (what sounded to us) a large group of infected people and deaths back when this started. Why would they get the virus if they were wearing masks? I personally don't have any family or friends who've had it---but have heard of some friends/relatives of friends who have. I've had SARS (I think it was anyway) as well as the H1N1. What was the strain 3 yrs ago that filled up the hospital? I had that one, along with pneumonia but not hospitalized for it. We've ALL heard conflicting reports---numbers, wear the mask/don't wear the mask---with all the conflicting stuff it filled everyone with fear. The fear in turn has made people snappy. People, who otherwise were quite civil prior to this past Feb./March. Will this end? I wonder if the folks back during the flu of 1918 acted the way people are acting now? Many questions on this whole thing that haven't been answered fully.
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