It's not actually a hoax though, it actually is a new virus circulating across the globe causing serious health issues. That much isn't even up for debate, if you even have a small circle of friends, you're sure to know someone that has it, or knows first-hand of someone who has had it.

We can discuss all day along about the reaction to the pandemic though, that's a totally different thing. But complaining about the reaction to a virus doesn't make the existence of the virus itself a hoax. That's a shitty argument.

If you pretend for one moment that you're not on Reddit, you can stop making a stupid thread title, and actually come with the facts. You don't think the reaction to this virus has been proportionate. Fair, that's absolutely fair. But don't use clickbait titles like "hoax".

Hoax has a simple meaning, and that's that everything is staged and based on no facts. That's demonstrably false. Are the measures taken by governments a bunch of bullshit? Arguably yes. But it doesn't make the virus a hoax.

Does the media misrepresent the facts? Undeniably. Do governments spread panic? Again, undeniably. I also agree that many deaths are counted as COVID-19 deaths when they aren't necessarily. They've taken something and no doubt blown it out of proportion, but we still have much to learn. But let's use factual language, eh. Sitting in a puddle of our own drool isn't a good look