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The Coronavirus has been public knowledge for what, a month? Lets do some simple math.
2000 x 12 months = 24000 dead
That's a stupid formula, but if you play that out with 70% of the people on earth end up being infected (very likely with the r-noughts they are pushing) you get 0.4/100,000. In other words, it's nothing.
A better 'simple' formula would be to take the mortality rate. Dunno what it is supposed to be now, but IIRC it was something like 6/100 as reported at some point. Now we're talking about 350,000,000 dead. Not to mention that it is now being reported that 'recovered' people are getting it again and even worse.
That would be pretty bad...if one believed any of the numbers.
Of course this is assuming those numbers are not under reported (unlikely), and doesn't take into account the logarithmic rise of such a highly infectious disease, the much higher mortality rates, or several other important factors when calculating the impact of any global pandemic. This argument that it is no worse than a regular flu is dead. Stop making it. It is not just ignorant it is dangerous because it gives people a false sense of security and encourages them to ignore the very real threat this virus poses.
For my part I believe it is much more dangerous to be panic into jumping through whatever hoops have been pre-installed. I smell a rat and have no intention of throwing myself into the loving arms of the very same people who are at the very least feeding us a lot of crap info, and more likely seem to be working hard to spread whatever it is around.
But you go ahead and do what you like and believe whoever you wish to believe.
I agree this situation is being manipulated in a Hegelian manner to to synthesize an outcome. Regardless, that doesn't mean this virus isn't a serious threat. Taking precautions is prudent. Normalcy bias is just as dangerous as overreacting.
