The coronavirus panic proves how easily manipulated people are and how the media sensationalizes everything

This thread didn't age well.

If it didn't age well, it's because COVID-19 has only a few thousand new confirmed cases in the past week, up to 88,000. Mainland China finally edged over the 80k threshold. They have it beat.

So, you say it infected 1500 people in Seattle and killed 1? That sure is scary. What a deadly plague this is.

Just forget about it already, the only damage is from the paranoia. The Chinese didn't need to lock everything down, and we don't either. Yes, some people in rest homes will die of it, like they die of lots of other things that harm noone else. No big deal.

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

This thread has aged poorly. Funny to see Facts Matter and Wigins still saying theres nothing to worry about.

Hilariousness wrote:

This thread has aged poorly. Funny to see Facts Matter and Wigins still saying theres nothing to worry about.

They're being paid by the Chinese government to troll on the internet.

In China, they're called the 50 cent army.

Hilariousness wrote:

This thread has aged poorly. Funny to see Facts Matter and Wigins still saying theres nothing to worry about.

'What has changed?

Several more days of 24/7 MSM hysteria and govt lockdown on us.

Know anyone who has died? Even gotten sick?

Wigins, you are still ignoring the idea of exponential growth.

Bear with me for a second and let's picture a hypothetical pandemic that ends up killing 1 million people in the U.S. What would it look like? For two months, the infected count would be under 100,000, doubling twice a week. People would be saying the whole time that it had killed fewer people than the flu, nothing to worry about

Then within the space of one more month, the infected count would shoot up to tens of millions or more. At that point hospitals will be overwhelmed and people will die from routine preventable causes.

Now tell me what is happening with this virus in the USA that makes you so sure it's different from the above hypothetical.

They’re both correct though

Compared with the flu, cornavirus is nothing

This virus has been around for months. All that has had happened is that someone discovered it in a lab and testing has accelerated

Governments should be telling people that it’s business as usual and get on with life

The real thing to panic about is that panic governments are creating with this massive over reaction

Reality and Truth wrote:

Compared with the flu, cornavirus is nothing

The real thing to panic about is that panic governments are creating with this massive over reaction

Hey anonymous letsrun guy,

Since you’re so knowledgeable and love being in the counter culture, why don’t you register under your real name and post your opinions? Clearly you are VERY knowledge and VERY qualified on this topic. What’s stopping you from being yourself? Why are you hiding?

Sincerely,

Someone who trusts the CDC and government more than anonymous troll

macdaddy wrote:

Sincerely,

Someone who trusts the CDC and government more than anonymous troll

Someone who trusts the govt?

Downright frightening

fizzled out? wrote:

General response to the thread.

I'm watching it closely. The way exponential growth works is you won't see it until it's too late. Unless you test everyone with symptoms for it, not just those with connections.

I'll feel better if middle of March the numbers stay the same or go down. The key city to watch is Vancouver, BC. R0 = 2.5 is my guess.

Well, it is March 16th and here in MA, the 4th most infected state with our schools, stores, restaurants all closed, I still don't know a single person who has gotten sick.

Reality and Truth wrote:

They’re both correct though

Compared with the flu, cornavirus is nothing

This virus has been around for months. All that has had happened is that someone discovered it in a lab and testing has accelerated

Governments should be telling people that it’s business as usual and get on with life

The real thing to panic about is that panic governments are creating with this massive over reaction

US has admitted that some of those “flu” deaths were coronavirus deaths but we didn’t have testing

What difference would registering and using my real name make?

You’re just as anonymous to me as I am to you.

Where did I say I was an expert or I knowledgeable?

I’m giving my opinion based on what I’ve read.

My opinion is no less valid than yours

Note - actually my opinion probably is more valid than yours because you are clearly an idiot

Yip, that’s kinda my point

OBE wrote:

Reality and Truth wrote:

They’re both correct though

Compared with the flu, cornavirus is nothing

This virus has been around for months. All that has had happened is that someone discovered it in a lab and testing has accelerated

Governments should be telling people that it’s business as usual and get on with life

The real thing to panic about is that panic governments are creating with this massive over reaction

US has admitted that some of those “flu” deaths were coronavirus deaths but we didn’t have testing

Yip, that’s kinda my point

Reality and Truth wrote:

My opinion is no less valid than yours

Note - actually my opinion probably is more valid than yours because you are clearly an idiot

My opinion aligns with trusted organizations - medical organizations of all sorts. What ‘readings’ does your opinion come from? Please share some of the resources that you’ve read and collected your information from. Until then, your opinion is less valid than mine, and you’re intentionally spreading crap.

Everybody, please read this:

https://www.irunfar.com/2020/03/covid-19-a-trail-running-and-ultrarunning-community-guide.html

There you go. Two minutes of your time and you're a little less stupid.

Ultramarkus wrote:

Everybody, please read this:

Why?

Maybe that you don't infect other people.

You don't have to care about ultrarunning but it would be nice if you consider to do the right things not to spread the Corona virus.

Thank you.