Let's face it, a lot of people aren't going to take this seriously till someone they know dies

[captain queeg]

How high will the numbers have to get before this is true?

[napi21]

1. I agree with that! The other thing that could convince many is if they get the damn virus

themselves. Of course if they only have mild sypthoms, it won't have any effect, but when I hear Chris Cuomo describe how he feels, it sure would convince a lot of people.

[captain queeg]

7. As long as they get very sick. Not everyone does.

And those that don’t get very sick are likely to continue to not take it too seriously. But it seems like the older you are the harder it hits you. I know of a couple people peripherally, who were pretty young and it was like the flu. One woman I know says her 69 year old brother in law got it and said it’s the sickest he’s been in his life.

[Walleye]

2. Yes and how many deaths will it take til he knows that too may people have died?

Thanks, Bob, for saying 50 years ago what needs to be said today.

[Stuart G]

6. The above quote was from Bob Dylan..

Blowin’ In The Wind 2min 35 seconds.
Song by Bob Dylan and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Here is Dylan singing it alone: March 1963..

[captain queeg]

9. A lot of us grew up during the turmoils of Vietnam and the 60s.

I wonder how people growing up will remember these times. The virus and the crazy politics. I hope we come out of it better. I have a hope we will, but also a fear we won’t.

[MurrayDelph]

11. Personally, I hate

when people try to pass off a non-answer:

Q: How many miles ...?
A: Blowin'in the wind.

Q: How many deaths will it take ...?
A: Blowin' in the wind.

Answer the question, dammit.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I know several people in that category.

[Stuart G]

4. Yes..K and R, TOTAL TRUTH!!!..How sad.

[Hoyt]

5. Too many people won't care until it's them, and it won't matter at that point.

Look how many people smoke, over eat, don’t exercise, etc., despite knowing it will kill them, albeit slowly.

[liberalmuse]

8. In the tens of millions, unfortunately.

May that never happen. Or (a) prominent right winger(s) would need to croak.

[Stuart G]

10. Yes, and ...prominent right wingers will croak. Why? They don't believe...

..perhaps they, the right wingers can talk to Andrew Cuomo

..........perhaps.......................oh, he is a Democrat!!!

but Cuomo has had experience with the ..so called "virus"