Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[vivster]

crissindahouse said:

freedquaker said:

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This is the first time I have ever agreed with Elon Musk. Whoever is giving him the script obviously knows that the Corona Virus, while not a hoax, is purposely blown out of proportion and used as both fearmongering and an economic war against China and other Western rivals. See what has happened...

- Chinese Economy suffered a big blow
- Oil prices are tanking
- Russian Economy gets a moderate blow
- Iran gets a big blow both from Corona and in Syria
- Syrian Regime gets a big ass-kick
- the EU also gets a moderate blow from migrant crisis

Basically the Shangai Cooperation is losing everywhere against the Western Alliance. Also the EU who resists the Western (Anglo-Saxon) Hegemony gets a big kick in the crutch.

It's not about how bad it is now but how it could develop If we would Just act like it's a yearly flu season 

These conspiracy theories are so stupid. All the experts in all these countries don't all belong to some group who want to destroy almost every country. They just understand better than you behind your smartphone what we have to deal with and that's why they say that it's more dangerous.

We don't close schools even in countries like Germany because some Western (Anglo-Saxon) Hegemony wants even more power in this planet.

Wtf did I just read...

We live in a world where completely harmless lead compounds are removed from vaccines just to appease an overly dramatic population. So yeah, I don't really give much about what democratically elected politicians do about their voters' hysteria.

There is no conspiracy, there is just the usual craziness of smart people trying their best to keep the idiots, who outnumber them greatly, in check. I don't think overreacting officials are stupid or malicious in their actions, they're just trying to do something about a situation that might not be harmful, but is completely out of anyone's control. The containment policies are more to prevent healthy people to hurt themselves by giving them ease of mind than to stem a virus.