I'm not sure why it's so important to you to ignore this news, but it clearly is.
Let me just say this......... information doesn't destroy hope any more than denying and fighting it restores hope.
The situation exists. It is not good. It has not happened before. It is ever changing and evolving, and it's good to find out what's really happening, and not feel the need to counter every bit of bad news you don't like with some sarcastic rebuttal (some of which make NO sense).
If you don't want to hear that two Lakers tested positive, then don't come back to this thread, or put TomSea on Ignore, or do what it takes to get yourself out of this funk you're in.
The rest of us DO want information and can filter out the things that are trivial.
If you can't, just walk away.
But before you do, know that GOD is in CONTROL whether you know what's going on or choose to ignore it.
Would God want the shelves cleared at stores in panic because all the news is negative? Would He want people fighting over toilet paper? Really.
Many of us have been trying to provide some perspective, enumerate the factors which cause risk of a severe infection, and a bad outcome (mortality).
You have casually brushed that aside to pursue panic.
North Dakota: now 19 cases, one hospitalized, zero deaths, 654 of the 673 tested tested negative (97%).
Limited to four counties (of 53) in the State.
Those most at risk have one or more of the following preexisting Medical Conditions (per results in Italy)
High Blood Pressure
Heart Disease
Diabetes.
While Age may be a factor, those conditions tend to develop later in life.
Two drugs are being tested abroad with positive results, Chloroquine (an antimalarial) and Remdesivir (antiviral).
There is a light at the end of this tunnel.