what planet do I live on?
one where my niece is a pharmacist at a hospital at the epicenter
one where my brother runs the hvac at a jail
one where my handicapped brother works at a homeless (formerly) hotel (thought he was working at a regular homeless shelter but no)
one where my sister is a retired army nurse and could get called up
one where a huge homeless population is living on the streets and already ramping up other epidemics
one where a huge university has shut down in person classes
one where a friend lives right next to the nursing facility in crisis
one where finally some common sense is tiptoeing in..911 calls being screened for conditions, masks are first rationed for hospitals and not oh please don't buy them..one where businesses are really hurting. many will not survive. one where people stand outside the nursing facility to wave to their dying (perhaps) patients (as they should). One where we are obviously unprepared and if we are unprepared how are very financially constrained countries going to fare? Bangladesh? Philippines? Nigeria? And do we not have an obligation to keep our own spread of the virus down so they can weather this storm?

One in which most people are still polite, but that could change on a dime. If you could save lives by having self driving cars (still how do you get a body into the car) on empty streets (I am referring to Wuhan) and there is a huge factory pumping them out (I hope still), why would you take the time to ridicule someone who is trying to think of solutions? A whole entire fire department is quarantined in Kirkland, I believe from exposure to one or more patients they transported or assisted.