Coronavirus spreads. But don't panic! (topical thread)

[Dancefortwo]

Forcing the opening-up of schools is a huge mistake, in terms of both epidemiology and politics.

Yeah, I'm not thrilled to see Mr D42 go back to school in Sept.  He doesn't have any underlying health conditions but he's 55.  He's thinking of retiring next year.  He actually has enough sick leave days that he could take this coming school year off.  He hardly ever takes a sick day so his sick days have piled up to a whole year.  But we shall see.