# Anyone Else Remember that Coronavirus Thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828 "2020-06-01T02:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/1 "2020-06-01T02:42:26Z")
Surely I can’t be the only one… I’m not even that old but it seems like it was years ago now. Do you remember? Folks everywhere wore masks on their faces, not to hide their identities from the police but to control the spread of germs. Seems crazy now, I know. The disease was called Cove ID or something and the virus was SARS or MERS or something similar. I read the other day that the virus is still circulating and can still make you sick but of course in the “new normal” nobody worries about that anymore. Besides… what if you DID catch it? What can you do? Are you going to travel through the lawless streets to get to a hospital? Are the hospitals still standing? Yeah, it seems like years ago but then again, sometimes it feels like it was only yesterday. I feel like we’re all just characters in a Hieronymus Bosch painting. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/2 "2020-06-01T11:44:01Z")
Wasn’t it something about the importance of touching your face? ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/3 "2020-06-01T14:15:32Z")
Yeah. I remember that. Then something about big hornets. And then some demonstrations in some cities. It all seemed so important then… but then all those [earthquakes started up in Yellowstone](https://www.insider.com/swarm-of-earthquakes-shake-yellowstone-national-park-in-24-hours-2020-5) and well, everyone knows what happened next. Just finished a great [novel](https://www.audible.com/pd/Outland-Audiobook/B07PP44743) on the Yellowstone caldera, so it’s on my mind now. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/4 "2020-06-01T14:22:45Z")
Silver lining: [The earth is healing](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/earth-is-healing-global-air-quality-improved-this-year-due-to-coronavirus-lockdowns/articleshow/75729170.cms?from=mdr). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/5 "2020-06-01T18:27:52Z")
Fox News did an anniversary story about it the other day. Boy, President Obama sure did a terrible job. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/6 "2020-06-01T19:05:59Z")
I seem to recall that it was very important that there be no large gatherings of people, even outdoors and with masks. But that seems like a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/7 "2020-06-01T19:30:39Z")
I’m living in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/8 "2020-06-01T20:29:23Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Silver lining: [The earth is healing](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/earth-is-healing-global-air-quality-improved-this-year-due-to-coronavirus-lockdowns/articleshow/75729170.cms?from=mdr). We should all praise the disease that allowed our dolphin overlords to establish their benevolent rule over us. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/9 "2020-06-01T21:06:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > We should all praise the disease that allowed our dolphin overlords to establish their benevolent rule over us. Dolphins, eh? I was sure it would be the Otters. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/10 "2020-06-01T22:10:50Z")
After it was over, they replaced the truly GREAT sports like Marble Racing, Cornhole Tossing, Ax Throwing, Cliff Diving, 30 year old World Series games and 157 showings of “The Last Dance” with the so-called MORE POPULAR(??) Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA and NHL. And people actually used to LIKE these!! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/11 "2020-06-01T22:51:17Z")
> [@Marine\_One](#): > > Cornhole Tossing That one’s only on pay cable. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/12 "2020-06-01T22:53:08Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I’m living in the past. Now there’s revolution, but they don’t know what they’re fighting. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2YymGJKhGgY/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgWyhbMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCZ9CQ0d-VWczdnrPQsxepWRwEYKg "Living In The Past-Jethro Tull") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YymGJKhGgY) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/13 "2020-06-01T23:29:01Z")
Over 20,000 cases again today. Seems to be flattening, but not going down. Deaths remain around 700 - 1000 daily. If there is no change for the better (and it does not seem like people understand it), then we’re looking probably at steady state for the next 3 months at best. Prediction: by the end of August in the USA; 2.5 million cases, 175,000 deaths. Then the flu season starts to kick in and all bets are off. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/14 "2020-06-01T23:37:23Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Yeah. I remember that. Then something about big hornets. And then some demonstrations in some cities. > > It all seemed so important then… but then all those [earthquakes started up in Yellowstone](https://www.insider.com/swarm-of-earthquakes-shake-yellowstone-national-park-in-24-hours-2020-5) and well, everyone knows what happened next. > > Just finished a great [novel](https://www.audible.com/pd/Outland-Audiobook/B07PP44743) on the Yellowstone caldera, so it’s on my mind now. 😛 There’s a new Ebola outbreak. I need to check those signs of the Apocalypse again. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/15 "2020-06-02T09:02:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That one’s only on pay cable. No, you’re thinking of Salad Tossing. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-that-coronavirus-thing/854828/16 "2020-06-02T09:06:47Z")
In 6 to 10 days I bet it will be back in the news in those Urban areas that are protesting.