Have your views changed at all now that the coronavirus is such a greater threat than we originally thought?

I keep seeing 3.4% everywhere. Where did you see only 1.7%? I find that surprising considering so few people have been tested. Once we start getting mass tests like South Korea, I do expect the mortality rate to fall considerably. And if you look at the link @[Leslie Miriam](user:28430) shared below. death is not the only long-term repercussion of being infected. Many of those recovered have persistent problems after.

Nice explanation. I prefer $VTI when combined with $BND and $VXUS. $VOO I always purchase alone.

Actually, your data is out of date. You can not compare a year of the flu to a couple months of the coronavirus - it is just getting started here. Plus the flu kills less that.1% of those infected. Covid19 kills 3.4% (and 6.6% in Italy). That's 34 to 66 times more deadly!

You say save the old, let the young get sick. Makes sense to me, the elderly are the most likely to die, while the younger you are, the more resistant you are. Italy by contrast is planning to leave anyone over 80, to be left to die, by denying them health care:

www.telegraph.co.uk/.../italians-80-will-left-die-country-overwhelmed-coronavirus

Isn’t this outdated now considering the Saudi/Russian developments?

It will be eclipsed soon.

Yes, you are right Norman.

Perhaps, but being so dependent on a single company is problematic. And #Comcast is responsible for over 1/3 of #Accolade's revenue. That's a major red flag in my book. If Comcast dropped Accolade today, where would the company be tomorrow? $CMCSA $ACCD

There is a lot of hope that this virus will simply "burn out" like #SARS did in 2003. That was a result of warmer summer months combined with a turning point where a significant enough percentage of the population who had been infected, had since recovered and become immune.

If people can catch #COVID19 again without developing immunity, we are in some serious trouble. The virus could be here to stay.