Anyone think this Coronavirus hysteria is ridiculous? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] whynotwriteme (7720) 5 years ago

I'm still inclined to believe that Coronavirus is being overhyped to sell news. However, they do seem to be taking it very seriously in China, building hospitals overnight etc. Plus, the idea that it may be an engineered biowarfare agent is scary. Overall, though I think it will fizzle out in the next month or two like ebola, SARS, avian flu, West Nile, etc. etc.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Because they are communists. Communists take everything VERY seriously, they don't have any sense of humor.

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[–] B1cKsurN (17425) 5 years ago

CCP sure didn't. Never trust commies.

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[–] 10200 (656) 5 years ago

Right now, yes I do. According to the John Hopkins website, the flu caused between 291,000 - 646,000 deaths world wide last year alone, yet other than reminding people to get a flu shot, the media paid little attention to it. There have been less than 3,000 deaths so far and primarily in China. We have had 1 death in the US and the sky is falling.

Unless people continue with their lives and use common sense precautions the economic repercussions of this virus could be far worse than the actual disease if mass hysteria takes grip.

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[–] MovieBuff224 (5053) 5 years ago

Yeah insane

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[–] B1cKsurN (17425) 5 years ago

Its now 6 deaths. We've gone from 15 to 100 cases in a matter of days.

Don't be the grasshopper, be the ant.

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[–] SoapboxQuantez08 (646) 5 years ago

^ this.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Definitely. But it's typical of the world today. The Chicken Littles with the overblown megaphones (read: Fake News Morons) running around screaming about the end of the world makes me want to puke in Anderson Cooper's shoes.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 5 years ago

It's all just more silliness

In my 46 years the 'NEWS' has tried to convince me that we were all going to sizzle in a nuclear war, get abducted by Satanists, contract AIDS, get carjacked by hoodlums, be knocked off from cholesterol, serial killers were around every turn in the road...

I stopped paying attention to the 'NEWS' years ago
It's all a bunch of horseshit
Sprinkle the 'NEWS' on your garden beds, it's nearly spring time👍

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[–] 10200 (656) 5 years ago

Problem is this time the "news" is creating economic havoc. I don't know what to expect from the market this week, but the sell off last week was crazy and all it will take for it to go into a bull market is a few more deaths in the US. The news media will have a 24/7 field day with that causing people stop going out to restaurants, movies, shopping, etc. What a mess!

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[–] Galactus03 (4373) 5 years ago

Eh the cholesterol thing is a problem for a LOT of people....I'm one of them so I eat a healthy diet ..

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[–] eucalyptusandus (673) 5 years ago

It's a shocking 'event'.

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[–] eucalyptusandus (673) 5 years ago

And all the updates are selling me are cleaning products.

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[–] eucalyptusandus (673) 5 years ago

you'll know.

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[–] B1cKsurN (17425) 5 years ago

People in 1918 had the same attitude. Didn't work out very well, did it?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 5 years ago

Think positive👍

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

More people dies yearly from riding a bike then what this virus has claimed so far.

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[–] dmac8 (5050) 5 years ago

I survived the gypsy moths, and I'm still waiting for the fire ants to get here.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 5 years ago

The 'Killer Bees' were all the rage in the 80s but then they completely vanished like every other 'end times' hullabaloo

I predict that Shark Pox will kill a guy in Cleveland next year and we will all go crazy once again

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[–] MovieBuff224 (5053) 5 years ago

Haha Shark Pox! Great idea for a movie starring Stephen Baldwin.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 5 years ago

'SharkPoxNado'
This epic will require at least one Baldwin

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[–] B1cKsurN (17425) 5 years ago

Killer bees didn't disappear, they are still in Mexico and the extreme South of the US. The reason they seem to have 'disappeared', is because it was discovered that they lack the self-warming skills of normal honey bees and generally cannot survive colder climates.

So if you believe the modern-day climate change hoax is real, the Killer bees will be heading north once again.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77426) 5 years ago

Do you live in fear of this sort of thing, honest question without an agenda

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[–] B1cKsurN (17425) 5 years ago

Fuck no, I fear a potentially man-made bioweapon...and more and more everyday, its pointing in that direction. I hope I'm wrong, I've never wanted to be more wrong in my life about this.

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[–] Superherocrazed (27) 5 years ago

Perhaps it is.

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[–] Stratego (30511) 5 years ago

We all died from Ebola 6 years ago. Don't you remember?

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

That is not possible. The world officially ended in 2012.

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[–] B1cKsurN (17425) 5 years ago

The ebola outbreak snuffed itself out when the strain mutated and became non-leathal. We got lucky, humans didn't stop it.

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[–] Stratego (30511) 5 years ago

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "Engaging local leaders in prevention programs and messaging, along with careful policy implementation at the national and global level, helped to eventually contain the spread of the virus and put an end to this outbreak."

But even nature will make sure the entire human race won't be wiped out.

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[–] B1cKsurN (17425) 5 years ago

Yup, but humans didn't make it mutate into a non-lethal form. We still got lucky, it could have mutated the other way.

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[–] Stratego (30511) 5 years ago

Like the CDC pointed out, measures taken by humans seem to have played a bigger role. In rich and Western countries, the virus was much more quickly contained.