right now, the question of social distancing isn’t just “could i get sick?”; it’s “could i unknowingly pass it to others?”

you could be around immunocompromised people and not know it. if too many people get sick at once, it could overwhelm hospitals &amp; systems.

so stay home!  qt @joshjame .ocasio-cortez doing a live q&amp;a on instagram about the coronavirus. says panic won’t do any good but people need to be clear-eyed about the threat.

“people are saying, ‘oh, this isn’t going to hurt me,’” she says before making plain: “this is about 10x worse than the flu.”