The media have managed to do something never before done in history — Frighten people enough to shut down the world economy, and put more people out of work than ever before, for a virus that if contracted has a 99% recovery rate for people under 80 years old, or for those with an underlying medical condition. Rather than protect those groups that are vulnerable and continue to function using social distancing, good hygiene and common sense — we’ll sacrifice our existence.
Stay shut down until there is a vaccine? There’s still no vaccine for SARS, or H1N1, bird flue, or last years flue. And what do we do next year when a different virus comes along, continue to shut down until there’s a miracle cure for that virus too? And what do we do the year after that?
It’s like Mark Twain said, it’s easier to fool some people than it is to convince them that they’ve been fooled.
Last edited by raven11; 21st May 2020 at 10:14.