Thoughts on a COVID-19 world

It's been about a week of hysteria over COVID-19 (aka "coronavirus").

While I recognize it's a nasty disease to get, especially if one is vulnerable due to existing conditions or being of a certain age, it seems to me that people need to calm the fuck down and stop hoarding toilet paper and bottled water!

As far as I'm aware, diarrhea is only a symptom in some instances of COVID-19. And, as far as I'm aware, the virus does not inhibit the ability for the utility companies to continue to provide water as well as electricity and gas.

I might have missed a memo in there, but fucking hell.

All of this really drives home to me how utterly and completely fucked we are if there's an Ebola pandemic or something like that.