The Wuhan Virus Has Exposed Modern Americans’ Disconnect from Reality

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It’s sad and disgusting how easily so many surrendered their basic human rights with so little facts provided.


While the experts claim that little is known about the Wuhan virus, enough is known to suggest that the response has been excessive. While there is a worrying possibility that the Wuhan virus will make a sizable impact on public health (along with the possibility that it probably won’t), the hype surrounding it has already created a huge imposition on daily life and cost the global economy trillions of dollars. Everyone must “do their part” to confront the pandemic or face the wrath of their conscientious peers.

This kind of hype and the subsequent reaction to it seems to grow worse with each year. Right before the Wuhan virus, there was President Trump’s “historic” impeachment. And before that, there was the death of General Qasem Soleimani and the possibility of World War III. And before that, in no particular order, there was the imminent climate catastrophe, Russian collusion and the Mueller report, the Amazon rainforest burning down, and periodic nuclear threats from North Korea.


People should know better by now, yet they seem to fall for the hype every time—including many conservatives. The promise of the tech age and the ubiquity of smartphones and the internet was that it would arm people with relevant information and rational courses of action. Rather, it has done the opposite—magnifying doubts and fears about everything and everyone.

In most cases, the only thing that information technology has done is cause people to become less tethered to reality. Screens now replace people’s senses, and the algorithms embedded in social media do people’s thinking for them.

As such, most people spend more time in the virtual world and less time in the real one, making them ever more vulnerable to exaggerated doomsday narratives. In particular, this retreat from reality takes a toll on a person’s memory, imagination, and common sense.

Remember swine flu? Or bird flu? Or Ebola? Or Zika? Or SARS? Each of these diseases from the past two decades was arguably worse than the Wuhan virus. In the case of swine flu, more than 1,000 people died from it before Obama declared a state of emergency. Big Tech and the mainstream news will never report this. And yet, for all their distrust of the media, people still seem inclined to believe the pundits and clueless scientists over their own experience.

This then leads to a lack of context. Everything seems new and unprecedented, and therefore unknown and scary—except that this isn’t true. Pandemics have alwaysexisted, and there are proven ways to deal with them that don’t involve shutting down the economy and putting everyone under house arrest.

 
It’s sad and disgusting how easily so many surrendered their basic human rights with so little facts provided.

Most people haven't much choice but surrender to what they see as a temporary situation and for the better good.
Perhaps the more poignant observation would be to note just how easily and quickly our government jumps to take away our rights. I'm sure this was good exercise for the future and for those who say it can never happen in America.
 
And notice it is the democrat governors going insane. Jesus Christ, thank God, President Trump is tempering the fucktarded governors. And the thing is look at all the grotesque, unqualified "diverse" POS that emerge having been appointed over the years, mayors, police chiefs, etc. Very scary. We are almost 3rd world.
 
It’s sad and disgusting how easily so many surrendered their basic human rights with so little facts provided.

Most people haven't much choice but surrender to what they see as a temporary situation and for the better good.
Perhaps the more poignant observation would be to note just how easily and quickly our government jumps to take away our rights. I'm sure this was good exercise for the future and for those who say it can never happen in America.
I question putting the world into a Great Depression for decades being a greater good.
 
And notice it is the democrat governors going insane. Jesus Christ, thank God, President Trump is tempering the fucktarded governors. And the thing is look at all the grotesque, unqualified "diverse" POS that emerge having been appointed over the years, mayors, police chiefs, etc. Very scary. We are almost 3rd world.
Yes, both sides of the aisle are doing it, but the hard lefties are leading the charge.
 
It speaks volumes to the value of having a leader as the head of your nation.

We have a lying whoremonger who holds daily lie-fests that even his most ardent followers do not even try to defend any more.

During other crises we had stable, adult leadership with whom you could disagree or agree but you had the feeling that someone was at the wheel of the ship of State. The blob is several fathoms out of his depth; it shows in his bizarre daily briefings, with the conflicting advice from the agencies he runs and the conflicting advice from the podium where the blob stands during his lie-fests.

He looks, at long last, as though he may be actually listening to the adults in the room. I think that since it was Sunday, he didn't have the usual cadre of handlers around him and he actually took competent advice for once.

This for example from yesterday:

PRES. TRUMP: IT IS COMMON SENSE. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MASSIVE DEPRESSION, MENTAL DEPRESSION, DEPRESSION IN THE ECONOMY ALSO AND MENTAL DEPRESSION FROM PEOPLE, LARGE NUMBERS OF SUICIDES, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS IN A HORRIBLE RECESSION OR WORSE. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TREMENDOUS SUICIDES BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU WILL HAVE DRUG ADDICTION. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DYING ALL OVER THE PLACE FROM DRUG ADDICTION BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A WONDERFUL JOB OR OWNED A RESTAURANT. I SPOKE TO GREAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. ONE DAY AT THE TOP OF THEIR BUSINESS CELEBRITY SHIPS, THEY HAVE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANTS AND THEY'VE GOT WIPED OUT. ONE DAY FROM OUR ENEMY, THIS INVISIBLE, HORRIBLE SCOURGE. SO WHEN YOU ASKED ME THAT, IT IS SO EASY TO FIGURE THAT. MASSIVE DRUG USE, MENTAL DEPRESSION, MASSIVE NUMBERS OF SUICIDE. ANXIETY CAUSES DISEASE THEY SAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS -- HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT BECAUSE HOPEFULLY WHAT WE ARE DOING WE GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

Hardly anyone knows what the hell he's talking about. The virus may be worse, less severe, or equal to ones in the past. We can't know. What we do know is that the blob is incredibly incompetent. I'm sure there will be others making excuses to try to prop up this disgrace. All the more pity.
 
Anyone notice the pivot from MILLIONS WILL DIE to HOSPITALS WILL BE OVERRUN?

“Some numbers: According to the CDC, during the 2018-2019 flu season, there were some 810,000 hospitalizations in the United States for flu and 61,000 deaths. As of March 26, we have seen more than 490,000 hospitalizations and 34,000 flu deaths. Add in the COVID-19 numbers and you get 565,000 hospitalizations and 35,264 deaths. In other words, seen in context, COVID-19 cases are a barely discernible blip.”
 
It speaks volumes to the value of having a leader as the head of your nation.

We have a lying whoremonger who holds daily lie-fests that even his most ardent followers do not even try to defend any more.

During other crises we had stable, adult leadership with whom you could disagree or agree but you had the feeling that someone was at the wheel of the ship of State. The blob is several fathoms out of his depth; it shows in his bizarre daily briefings, with the conflicting advice from the agencies he runs and the conflicting advice from the podium where the blob stands during his lie-fests.

He looks, at long last, as though he may be actually listening to the adults in the room. I think that since it was Sunday, he didn't have the usual cadre of handlers around him and he actually took competent advice for once.

This for example from yesterday:

PRES. TRUMP: IT IS COMMON SENSE. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MASSIVE DEPRESSION, MENTAL DEPRESSION, DEPRESSION IN THE ECONOMY ALSO AND MENTAL DEPRESSION FROM PEOPLE, LARGE NUMBERS OF SUICIDES, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS IN A HORRIBLE RECESSION OR WORSE. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TREMENDOUS SUICIDES BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU WILL HAVE DRUG ADDICTION. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DYING ALL OVER THE PLACE FROM DRUG ADDICTION BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A WONDERFUL JOB OR OWNED A RESTAURANT. I SPOKE TO GREAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. ONE DAY AT THE TOP OF THEIR BUSINESS CELEBRITY SHIPS, THEY HAVE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANTS AND THEY'VE GOT WIPED OUT. ONE DAY FROM OUR ENEMY, THIS INVISIBLE, HORRIBLE SCOURGE. SO WHEN YOU ASKED ME THAT, IT IS SO EASY TO FIGURE THAT. MASSIVE DRUG USE, MENTAL DEPRESSION, MASSIVE NUMBERS OF SUICIDE. ANXIETY CAUSES DISEASE THEY SAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS -- HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT BECAUSE HOPEFULLY WHAT WE ARE DOING WE GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

Hardly anyone knows what the hell he's talking about. The virus may be worse, less severe, or equal to ones in the past. We can't know. What we do know is that the blob is incredibly incompetent. I'm sure there will be others making excuses to try to prop up this disgrace. All the more pity.
Thanks for reminding us of the Lefts compassion for the homeless.
 
I sure hope the financial crash does not cause a lot of suicides as it did in the Great Depression... :(

Because our govt is out there handing out money to these businesses, maybe it won't happen, as it did in the 1920's?
 
Anyone notice the pivot from MILLIONS WILL DIE to HOSPITALS WILL BE OVERRUN?

“Some numbers: According to the CDC, during the 2018-2019 flu season, there were some 810,000 hospitalizations in the United States for flu and 61,000 deaths. As of March 26, we have seen more than 490,000 hospitalizations and 34,000 flu deaths. Add in the COVID-19 numbers and you get 565,000 hospitalizations and 35,264 deaths. In other words, seen in context, COVID-19 cases are a barely discernible blip.”
Jebus!

Can you not comprehend that the world is just 3 months in to this virus, and the flu figures you are giving is FOR A WHOLE YEAR?

And that this virus does NOT replace the Flu hospitalizations and death toll, but the virus deaths and hospitalizations are in ADDITION to the Flu patients, and this is why our Hospitals are not capable of handling it, with hospital capacity and all the things that go with it such as masks and ventilators, once said and done?
 
Anyone notice the pivot from MILLIONS WILL DIE to HOSPITALS WILL BE OVERRUN?

“Some numbers: According to the CDC, during the 2018-2019 flu season, there were some 810,000 hospitalizations in the United States for flu and 61,000 deaths. As of March 26, we have seen more than 490,000 hospitalizations and 34,000 flu deaths. Add in the COVID-19 numbers and you get 565,000 hospitalizations and 35,264 deaths. In other words, seen in context, COVID-19 cases are a barely discernible blip.”

They're going to pivot, just like from "Global Warming" to "Climate Change", because it's the same turd in a different bag.

The end game is to crash the world economy.
 
My son is a respiratory care specialist, and my daughter is a respiratory therapist.
Both in major hospitals in major metro areas.
They would vehemently disagree.
Methodist hospital moved all of their pediatric patients to a childrens hospital to make room for more Covid patients. This has never happened in the history of the hospital.
At my daughters hospital, 2 nurses are now on ventilators after caring for Covid patients.
They are over-run.
If this nation went on about their days, no "social distancing", continued to go to restaurants, theatre etc. etc. - those numbers would be at least 10 fold.
We are really only 30 days or so into a period of infections. The numbers would be staggering if restrictions etc. never happened.
 
It’s sad and disgusting how easily so many surrendered their basic human rights with so little facts provided.


While the experts claim that little is known about the Wuhan virus, enough is known to suggest that the response has been excessive. While there is a worrying possibility that the Wuhan virus will make a sizable impact on public health (along with the possibility that it probably won’t), the hype surrounding it has already created a huge imposition on daily life and cost the global economy trillions of dollars. Everyone must “do their part” to confront the pandemic or face the wrath of their conscientious peers.

This kind of hype and the subsequent reaction to it seems to grow worse with each year. Right before the Wuhan virus, there was President Trump’s “historic” impeachment. And before that, there was the death of General Qasem Soleimani and the possibility of World War III. And before that, in no particular order, there was the imminent climate catastrophe, Russian collusion and the Mueller report, the Amazon rainforest burning down, and periodic nuclear threats from North Korea.


People should know better by now, yet they seem to fall for the hype every time—including many conservatives. The promise of the tech age and the ubiquity of smartphones and the internet was that it would arm people with relevant information and rational courses of action. Rather, it has done the opposite—magnifying doubts and fears about everything and everyone.

In most cases, the only thing that information technology has done is cause people to become less tethered to reality. Screens now replace people’s senses, and the algorithms embedded in social media do people’s thinking for them.

As such, most people spend more time in the virtual world and less time in the real one, making them ever more vulnerable to exaggerated doomsday narratives. In particular, this retreat from reality takes a toll on a person’s memory, imagination, and common sense.

Remember swine flu? Or bird flu? Or Ebola? Or Zika? Or SARS? Each of these diseases from the past two decades was arguably worse than the Wuhan virus. In the case of swine flu, more than 1,000 people died from it before Obama declared a state of emergency. Big Tech and the mainstream news will never report this. And yet, for all their distrust of the media, people still seem inclined to believe the pundits and clueless scientists over their own experience.

This then leads to a lack of context. Everything seems new and unprecedented, and therefore unknown and scary—except that this isn’t true. Pandemics have alwaysexisted, and there are proven ways to deal with them that don’t involve shutting down the economy and putting everyone under house arrest.


Buddy, you need to check your talking points. We are well past "The Virus is a Hoax" and have moved on to, "It's someone else's fault but not Trump's" Which is why Trump is trying to blame the CDC, NIH, FDA and of course China for his failure to prepare for this crisis.
 
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Anyone notice the pivot from MILLIONS WILL DIE to HOSPITALS WILL BE OVERRUN?

“Some numbers: According to the CDC, during the 2018-2019 flu season, there were some 810,000 hospitalizations in the United States for flu and 61,000 deaths. As of March 26, we have seen more than 490,000 hospitalizations and 34,000 flu deaths. Add in the COVID-19 numbers and you get 565,000 hospitalizations and 35,264 deaths. In other words, seen in context, COVID-19 cases are a barely discernible blip.”
Jebus!

Can you not comprehend that the world is just 3 months in to this virus, and the flu figures you are giving is FOR A WHOLE YEAR?

And that this virus does NOT replace the Flu hospitalizations and death toll, but the virus deaths and hospitalizations are in ADDITION to the Flu patients, and this is why our Hospitals are not capable of handling it, with hospital capacity and all the things that go with it such as masks and ventilators, once said and done?
As with every virus, they last around 3-4 months.
 

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