My original post was passing on a joke about the perceived demographics of 
certain supermarkets.  Many people seem to have taken it seriously - in which 
case, the link below seems to be a pretty well-written explanation of the 
outbreak and the statistics describing it.
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

We owe a lot to Jixian Zhang, who spotted the new disease almost immediately it 
crossed her path.


> On 15 March 2020 at 15:58 Postmaster <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Rick Womer wrote:
> 
> >Still waiting for official word about work next week. Everyone is 
> >encouraged to work from home, but since I’m in my late 60’s I 
> >expect be told to stay away and let younger colleagues see my patients.
> 
> Rick, are your patients particularly susceptible because of immune
> system weaknesses that go along with cancer treatments? I know
> Covid-19 appears to be less dangerous to children (at this point
> Children's Hospital is the only hospital in the Boston area that
> *doesn't* have Covid-19 patients on ventilators) but it would seem
> that cancer patients might be particularly vulnerable even if they're
> young.

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