content: This flu hoax  Why do people keep saying hoax? Faking the appalling death rate would be like faking the Olympics. You won't convince anybody by starting your statements with gibbering insanity.  The truth is that the virus is hideously dangerous. And most of the people out of work and school are immune from harm. Simply isolating older people who have health problems would have been enough. Just plug them into Social Security and Medicare and deliver food. The ones who live with workers could be moved to isolation hotels with donated video conferencing hardware to keep them from feeling isolated. When the cure comes along, everything is already running.