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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

After watching a Youtube clip of people physically fighting over toilet roll in Australia, and our own supermarket shelves being stripped bare by rabid crowds of dribbling morons here at home, I was wondering if it was time to just lock everyone down under house arrest and disable the internet until people learn to behave.

Ok, in all seriousness is anyone else more bothered by the public reaction, and the media deliberately stoking panic, than they are about the actual virus??
Bothered? Hmm. That depends if it serves good or bad political purposes. A crass answer but that's how I feel.


I'm not sure what political purpose it could serve, apart from as a distraction from something else going on that they don't want to draw attention to.
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

After watching a Youtube clip of people physically fighting over toilet roll in Australia, and our own supermarket shelves being stripped bare by rabid crowds of dribbling morons here at home, I was wondering if it was time to just lock everyone down under house arrest and disable the internet until people learn to behave.

Ok, in all seriousness is anyone else more bothered by the public reaction, and the media deliberately stoking panic, than they are about the actual virus??
Bothered? Hmm. That depends if it serves good or bad political purposes. A crass answer but that's how I feel.
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Points: 20030 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2020 at 08:51
I've not seen much panic buying round my way yet, except you can't get antibacterial handwash (which is ineffective anyway). Tesco have now started limiting the amount you can buy of some goods (pasta, why are people panic-buying pasta? I mean I know it keeps but what are you going to eat with it?).
 
Me? I'm just going to make sure I have enough whisky to last me a few months.
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There is a huge negative hype going around the world about this virus. It doesn't serve a purpose, at best. It is like the evil version of Ice Bucket Challenge. Just warn/act, and don't exaggerate to a point of smothering all the public opinion in.

My country Turkey claims that we're clean of the virus still. I doubt it, anyway.
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After watching a Youtube clip of people physically fighting over toilet roll in Australia, and our own supermarket shelves being stripped bare by rabid crowds of dribbling morons here at home, I was wondering if it was time to just lock everyone down under house arrest and disable the internet until people learn to behave.

Ok, in all seriousness is anyone else more bothered by the public reaction, and the media deliberately stoking panic, than they are about the actual virus??
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