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As of right now, I don't know all that much about Coronavirus, and I'm not really sure what to believe. All I've really learned in the past couple of days is the following: the virus scares people. The Neeley Fellows Program was supposed to go to New York City and visit companies for spring break this year. The virus scared those companies so bad that they cancelled on us. Almost every company out of the 10 companies we were supposed to visit cancelled on us. The companies even went so far as to restrict their employees from traveling. Some are even having employees work from home and self-quarantine themselves. Is this an irrational decision? I don’t know yet, but I certainly can’t blame the companies for looking out for the health and safety of their employees. I'm just glad the companies said they were cancelling before we all flew to New York. 
We'll see what new developments come out in the next few days. There are several misconceptions about the virus that I hope are cleared up in the coming days and weeks. It's incredible that 38% of Americans won't even buy Corona beer because of its name. I think that Corona beer example just shows how ignorant America is in terms of understanding this illness. The first time I heard of Coronavirus, I heard it had a high mortality rate because the people in Wuhan, China were already immune compromised due to the pollution. More recently, I heard that a man had the virus on a cruise ship, and when he was asked about how the virus affected him, he said that he felt like he had a mild cold. As I said, I'm not sure what to believe, and I'm bummed about the timing of this whole thing. A week ago, we would've been able to go to all the company visits, but due to the recent outbreaks, every company erred on the side of caution. 
As I said, I haven't learned all that much about the virus yet, but I'm thankful that I will no longer be going in any airports or on any planes this spring break. If it really is as bad as many say it is, I hope a remedy to the problem is found soon and that there are no more deaths from the virus. The virus is also a good reminder to wash your hands and be sanitary at all times because you never know what can happen.

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  1. Ben WarrenApril 9, 2020 at 4:51 PM

    I think it is interesting to see how this blog post has aged. I think you took the right approach in not making too many assumptions or claiming to be an expert about COVID-19. I do think that the Corona Virus has become a serious issue and it is truly shocking to see what precautions have been taken to ensure that the disease does not continue to spread as rapidly. I enjoyed the post!

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