haven't followed this thread but my god the panic going on right now is just stupid, utterly stupid. People have lost their mind. All reasoned thought has been abated. Even the people who know better have been swept up into the whirlwind. If you try to speak any reason to this madness you quickly become the blacksheep. A lot of parallels between this and climate alarmism. Once the train of panic starts rolling its impossible to stop it. Im glad I live in a very rural area where I can go home and turn it all of and ignore it. (First problem)Thankfully I'm also an introvert who rarely goes out anyways so it has not impacted my daily routine one bit. Watching people freak out over staying home a few days further hurts my brain. My god how easily controlled we are. So easily controlled, so easy to manipulate. Those who buy intothe panic immediately begin to fortify their illogical position by preemptively dismissing valid counter arguments - such as the fact that the flu is killing tens of thousands while the coronavirus is killing hundreds. The flu kills approx half a million people every year world wide. Never is there any panic. There was no panic over swine flu in 2009 - 22 million Americans were infected, and 4,000 died. I dont recall any national shut down over that. The vast majority of people dieing to the coronavirus would have also died to the flu had they gotten it instead. those healthy who recover, the stories we are hearing are that the symptoms were very mild. Many with a temperature of around 100 for 1-3 days and just a little under the weather feeling then its over. We are talking a mild lung infection for most typical human beings, no worse than the typical cold or flu virus string. (Incorrect)Its all so illogical. Ive even seen some suggesting marshal law should be ordered, anad people compelled by force to stay in their homes. We need to wake up. Be smart, take normal precautions (That would not control the pandemic) you would to avoid getting ill every flu season, common sense approach, but I see no reason to tank the entire world economy over this thing.
