The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
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The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
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Re: The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
#2No, its probably the 14% death rate among the elderly and lung-compromised.
Re: The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
#3If the virus was so benign then why the Chinese authorities put half the country in quarantine ?
There are about 80k confirmed cases around the world, but since this thing can be asymptomatic for weeks and hospitals don't have the resources to test everybody there are probably many many more unknown cases.
And let's not speak about the trustworthiness of Chinese gov stats.
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#4It’s pretty funny seeing conservative outlets doing a complete 180, going from “coronavirus is the end of the world!” when they could use it to stoke anti-Chinese xenophobia to “it’s no worse then the common cold” once they realized that conservative-dominated governments (UK, USA, Aus) would be shouldering blame for their incompetent pandemic response.
Re: The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
#5If the virus was so benign then why the Chinese authorities put half the country in quarantine ? There are about 80k confirmed cases around the world, but since this thing can be asymptomatic for weeks and hospitals don't have the resources to test everybody there are probably many many more unknown cases. And let's not speak about the trustworthiness of Chinese gov stats.
I can’t defend the article. But it seems hard to maintain a perspective where we distrust China’s case statistics but trust that they reacted correctly and proportionately to the real scenario.
Re: The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
#6If the virus was so benign then why the Chinese authorities put half the country in quarantine ? There are about 80k confirmed cases around the world, but since this thing can be asymptomatic for weeks and hospitals don't have the resources to test everybody there are probably many many more unknown cases. And let's not speak about the trustworthiness of Chinese gov stats.
From what I understand the virus is particularly dangerous to elderly people or people with compromised immunity in general;
Re: The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
#7This article makes me angry because it doesn't consider the effects of Cov2 going pandemic. It could become another seasonal flu and kill people like the current flu kills people. It would add to the deaths.
Having just suffered through a flu infection, I absolutely don't want another strain in the wild.
Granted, that is assuming that Cov2 proves as resilient as Influenza. Maybe it will just flounder coming summer and be extinct by next winter. But it's not something we want to find out the hard way. We fight it now and if it turns out weaker than expected that's good!
Re: The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
#8What hysteria is that exactly? Arent easy to implement countermeasures such as avoiding crowds if you can and coughing in your arm and washing your hands more regularly good things without any downsides?
Calling everyone thinking of how to keep virus-free hysteric is hysteric.
Re: The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
#9If the virus was so benign then why the Chinese authorities put half the country in quarantine ? There are about 80k confirmed cases around the world, but since this thing can be asymptomatic for weeks and hospitals don't have the resources to test everybody there are probably many many more unknown cases. And let's not speak about the trustworthiness of Chinese gov stats.
I mean, from the matter of internal security... Its pretty obvious this is putting a big load on their health care systems. Quarantine is a measure to attempt to stop/forestall unrest
Re: The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
#10It’s pretty funny seeing conservative outlets doing a complete 180, going from “coronavirus is the end of the world!” when they could use it to stoke anti-Chinese xenophobia to “it’s no worse then the common cold” once they realized that conservative-dominated governments (UK, USA, Aus) would be shouldering blame for their incompetent pandemic response.
What's been incompetent about the UK pandemic response?