I'm going back to this. If the virus ran through Disney in January, there would be hospitalizations and deaths to back that up. This virus has killed significant numbers of people in China, Italy, Iran, Spain and France. There is nothing special about Florida, and the people living and visiting Florida that would have made them immune to the effects, including death. There is evidence that the age and health of the people living in Florida that makes them more susceptible to the negative outcomes, not less. The guy who predicted that Seattle had it 6 weeks before their first case, has looked at the gene sequencing done in Italy and believes that it likely arrived in Lombardy in January. If it was just getting started in Lombardy in January, there is no way it was running rampant in Florida in January. Several person 0's in various places, sure, but rampant? No. The State has made no statement indicating that they have reviewed patient data from January and have reached a conclusion that "all these people were sick, but very few people died." If that were the case, I would expect them to be shouting it from the rooftops to help alleviate concerns about the future.
I know it's human nature to want to grasp onto whatever they can to make this not be as bad as it will be. Hoping everything can get back to normal, sooner. So every cold is being turned into, "I must have already had it." But be wary that is just a false hope; a coping mechanism. This is growing in Florida now, just like it is growing in numerous places around the US. I don't want people to make it worse for themselves by being unprepared for what is to come. If it took 2 months in Italy to grow into the critical mass that it is, April into May is going to be telling here. I guess the "good" news is that unlike a lot of things that get debated, we won't have to wait too long to see on which side of the knife we will fall.
