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[–]useless_aether[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

oh yeah, for sure!

if we look back at all the swine flu, bird flu scares of the past, we can see how overblown the fear was in those cases. this is the same. i just think the people dying from this are the old, sick and weak who are near death and who would die from something else pretty soon anyway.

[–]taylor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Are you reading the accounts coming from China, Iran, Italy and practically every other country? Young people are also dying and in critical condition. Doubt they are all in on the conspiracy.

[–]useless_aether[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

sadly, even young people can be weak and sick... we won't know how bad it is until it blows over and we have the sums. in wuhan it already ended, so it won't take long i guess..

[–]RuckFeddit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I think you're missing the overall picture which is global economic shutdown along with potentially more dangerous mutations. It has a high re-infection rate, is potentially a bio-weapon and has already mutated to a more fatal varation due to the fact that it's RNA based. The major social panic won't be now, the panic will be when the mutations start happening. If it is in fact a bio-weapon, who knows what's in store 50 mutations down the road.

[–]useless_aether[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

i anticipate that the bio-weapon mutations will give us all super-soldier type powers and the ability to see through female underwear :-)

[–]RuckFeddit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Not meant as a personal attack on you but our flippant nature to potential global catastrophies due to a nurtured easy upbringing is going to cause the death of a lot of people. It never ever hurts to be prepared and who knows what's next out of China.

[–]useless_aether[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

flippant

i can afford to be flippant, because i am prepared! also i think my immune system is pretty good.

[–]RuckFeddit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good. We need every rational human being we have.