Carona Virus

[Linda]

I hear what you are saying Flo, But the Chinese as a rule eat a very healthy diet. A neighbor of mine, who is from China, told me that his country pushes healthy habits on their citizens in order to keep medical costs down. He also told me that exercise is almost enforced (he's been doing Tai Chi for 40 years). In China, if you go to a park in the morning, it is standing room only, because people are getting in their morning exercise. He is amazed by how empty our parks appear to him. He does do Tai Chi out back in the parking lot, as well as others who are also from China. I think China's problem may be the social distancing thing they are emphasizing here. Here, we are told that we are not as well equipped as China was to manage this pandemic...hence the preventive measures are emphasized.

As for myself, I have many food allergies (dairy and eggs being a couple of foods I avoid). I eat all fresh food, fruits, vegetables, meat and poultry, fish, nuts. Bake my own sweets from scratch, etc. But I still have a compromised immune system, and I am 69 years old. I do exercise regularly. Still something like a cold or flu could knock me out for weeks in terms of strength. Right now I am symptom free and taking all the necessary precautions, but I do think that people would still panic...if not medically, then financially, or otherwise (loss of loved ones, etc). There is never any panacea.