H1N1, Zika, Swine.. Nobody lost their shit when they hit.. But now that the left is getting bolder and louder, every year the country's skin gets thinner and thinner.. As soon as 1 league or group cancels something, if your group isn't right behind them then your labeled "insensitive, reckless, racist, etc.." MSM and the left just fueling the fire.. 
In general, this I.D., like the regular flu, won’t be fatal to the majority of us, but that sells for the MSM. As I understand it, the biggest issue, the other MSM cashcow, is how easy it spreads.
The biggest thing this affects is, and has been the basis of human society since it’s inception: $$$
In context of this thread, if ones job has people sitting or working close to each other, ie office with cube farm factory etc., particularly those who can’t work from home this is a major hit. First, there’s added prevention that typically wouldn’t be budgeted for: cleaning supplies, employe training, policies, and management of them, even testing, etc), but that’s the easy part. Even with these in place, if person can spread this to even just five people, then those 5 to 5 more, there’s a realistic chance a massive amount of employees, mgmt etc. will be unable to work/out sick for a significant amount of time, perhaps several times. This risks massive amount of the company’s productivity, including deadlines, travel etc.,which could cost a massive amount of income, stock value, perhaps lawsuits, which could risk the company folding.
Then you have the employees. Those who do get and have symptoms could easily run out of sick/PTO, if the job gives it, quickly. Most companies, cannot give this back,(applicable laws, union contracts etc.), which not only will piss off employess, but will have them come back and be at risk of spreading, catching it again. Then there’s when they are sick with something else, or take unpaid leave, the risk of attendance violations (which may not be able to be changed, that company will continue to have this issue of loss of productivity, even employees if they quit or get fired for attendance.
In terms of the NHL and sports, the staff at the arenas are a prime example. Not only is there risk for the fans, but imagine if a large amount of an arenas staff where all out sick. Imagine going to the game with only half the arena staff.
Not to mention the teams. Imagine if the equipment staff got it, it could spread to all the players. Imagine half or more of the team being unable to play.
There’s other things to consider as well. Like Healthcare, military, Public Services, power, water, courts, mail, etc. But I’ll save that for the Calm thread.
We’ve all got kicked the nuts repeatedly by the stock market, and who knows when it, or what will, recover. So while most of our lives won’t be at risk, our portfolios, income, taxes, even non-refundable travel, are already affected by this.
(Lefty Warning)
Everyone should be great full of who we have the White House now. Like him or hate him, his business/finance ability, and his personality to take the proverbial bull by the horns, will run over his opposition to get the government involved intensely involved, including regulations for businesses (contrary to capitalist philosophy), national security, more intense travel restrictions (including boarders) etc.
This is not just a public health issue to be challenged with morals or political ideology. This is an economic crisis. I for one, hope and support him using every law, contingency, and power to get this crisis under control as soon as possible with minimal if any resistance.
