Mass hysteria is making coronavirus worse than it is
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Re: Mass hysteria is making coronavirus worse than it is
#2Yip and it's all down to the media outlets and anti-social media who allow it to perpetuate and then claim the high-horse.
Tweets of mass-disruption have done more than any WMD.
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#3Also, governments reacting in idiotic ways. See: China, USA.
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#4I will counter: How can you not feel bit of panic when you see coronavirus cases being reported daily from all parts of the World where travel is common or where there is large population?
Then you have excellent leadership in Iran which knowingly hides their coronavirus situation and thus have exported the virus to poor and incapable places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq?
Heck, compared to Iran, even Pakistan is being much more stringent and transparent.
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#5Mass hysteria ? I don't think that's the case, people are carefull, but don't seem to be scared.
( Belgium)
Re: Mass hysteria is making coronavirus worse than it is
#6I will counter: How can you not feel bit of panic when you see coronavirus cases being reported daily from all parts of the World where travel is common or where there is large population? Then you have excellent leadership in Iran which knowingly hides their coronavirus situation and thus have exported the virus to poor and incapable places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq? Heck, compared to Iran, even Pakistan is b…
Because the curve is almost not rising, even in linear form ( I thought it was logarithmic even before yesterday).
The amount of casualties seem to be in control.
Okay, Iran is acting stupid. But we don't even do business with them. Tourism is minimal.
Hell, I'd even prefer to get it, so I'm over it ( 32 years old)
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#7lets see major virus that affects the load of relying upon hospital services infrastructure..seems that coronavirus concerns are justified not overblown
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#8mass hysteria due to lack of leadership qualities in the Political powers that be in both the US and the UK.
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#9The author is not an epidemiologist, and does not appear to have any other relevant expertise to assess the situation. The people who do have that expertise consistently say that it is very serious.
Cases have declined in China only because of the extreme measures they undertook to stop it. (In other words, "hysteria.")
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#10Mass hysteria ? I don't think that's the case, people are carefull, but don't seem to be scared. ( Belgium)
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