Covid-19 and the madness of crowds |
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chopper
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Posted: March 10 2020 at 05:09 | |
I did notice on the news last night that they quickly mentioned that the new hospitals China built in a hurry for the virus are now emptying out and they moved onto to a longer piece about a bloke stockpiling bog rolls.
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npjnpj
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Posted: March 10 2020 at 04:40 | |
Yes, and just mentioning the biological weapons facility developing SARS-based viruses just down the road from that food market is akin to spreading malicious rumors and conspiracy theories. China would never, ever do such a thing. They value their citizens highly (especially students) and have the highest respect for life. More bat or snake, anyone?
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SteveG
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Posted: March 10 2020 at 04:25 | |
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Posted: March 10 2020 at 04:22 | |
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npjnpj
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Posted: March 10 2020 at 04:20 | |
Wouldn't surprise me if China, who started this whole thing and is now practically the only country with Corona under control while everyone else will still be struggling for months, will emerge as global economic power number one.
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Blacksword
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Posted: March 10 2020 at 04:07 | |
The markets are freaking out, and that could end up being a bigger story than the virus, after the whole thing has played out. Someone is going to get very rich on the back of all this.
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SteveG
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Posted: March 10 2020 at 04:02 | |
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: March 10 2020 at 03:26 | |
Panic is profit!
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npjnpj
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Posted: March 10 2020 at 03:21 | |
It seems strange to me that some people are simultaneously saying: the normal flu is much worse and kills tens of thousands of people a year, and: it's just the flu. It also seems very strange that the people who are panic buying disinfectants and toilet rolls don't seem to realize that they're preventing others IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS from disinfecting their hands after they've not been able to wipe their arses after a sh*t.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 17:32 | |
On the bright side, toilet paper manufacturers are literally wiping up.
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 15:39 | |
Likewise; my default position (generally in life) is self isolation, we live in the middle of nowhere on a farm and are fairly self sufficient for most food.. there's plenty of Dock leaves in the fields to wipe my arse on if we run out of toilet roll and I can knock up a cracking Nettle soup/ Quiche (thank goodness the Hens have started laying again!)
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 14:33 | |
This is my position too. More likely to get shot.
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dr wu23
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 14:28 | |
Not worried at all.....but I don't live in a high risk big urban area.
But again more people get sick and die from just the flu..so why are we getting all uptight?
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 13:32 | |
It's just a freakin' flu.
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someone_else
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 13:28 | |
I get the impression that the corona virus is spread by the media. I prefer to keep it cool without worrying. I hope I stay free of it, but if I'll get infected, then so be it .
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SteveG
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 13:14 | |
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 13:12 | |
I'm in California, land of plenty and consumer-based. Pretty hard to run out of anything. But yeah, hoarding is idiotic. |
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lazland
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 12:12 | |
I have just got into London, and travelled on the underground from Paddington to Euston Square. Only a 10 minute journey, but the train was absolutely ram packed.
If this is a modern equivalent to the bubonic plague, and virulent in its spread, Irather feel I might be doomed 🤮 However, what makes me feel a little bit better is the fact that it quite clearly is not the modern equivalent of bubonic plague.
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chopper
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 09:30 | |
It's really sad that Asian people have been beaten up over here due to the virus but then again, it was people in this country who attached a paediatrician's office a few years ago because they didn't know the difference between a paediatrician and a paedophile.
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Posted: March 09 2020 at 09:13 | |
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