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Why Did We Treat Coronavirus So Differently Than Other Epidemics?
A three-column article in the local daily recently revealed the alarming news that Arizona State Sen. Lupe Contreras and members of his family had tested positive for the coronavirus. I wish Sen.

A three-column article in the local daily recently revealed the alarming news that Arizona State Sen. Lupe Contreras and members of his family had tested positive for the coronavirus. I wish Sen. Contreras and his family well. He seems like a good guy. But in a sane world without the hyperbolic, breathless press treatment of all matters coronavirus, the headline would read “state senator and family get the flu“ which, of course, isn’t a news story at all.
Nothing remarkable here, folks, just another among the countless attempts of the media to convince us that Wuhan flu is vastly more threatening than any other health challenges faced in the past. Yes, viral epidemics are nasty. People get sick and die. But compared with others America has faced in its history, this virus is worse than some, not as lethal as others.
Regrettably, the media blitz has succeeded. The virus may not be the most destructive of all time, but the panic-driven reaction to it could be the worst public-health blunder in our history.
Whether we can recover from this national nightmare and reclaim our free and prosperous nation depends on what we have learned and how we change. Will we realize that life is worth the risk and that avoiding pain and death is not always possible? Will we learn to resist groupthink and media sensationalizing? Will we become more future-oriented and responsible for the well-being of Americans yet to come?
We have to do better or go down in history as the generation that let the American experiment fail.
Comment:
This has just become another effort to destroy Trump and control the population.
The Wuhan virus is no different than other flu strains that have mutated to effect humans, destroying the economy is insane because of the Wuhan Covid 19 Flu.
America has dealt with the Flu on at least five times before and survived without massive quarantine's.
Both the biased Media and the Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Democrat are once again guilty of fearmongering and panicking the public. It all been a political ploy created by the Left.
Don't get me wrong now, Covid-19 virus is dangerous but so was the 1957 Asian Flu. We found a vaccine for that and we will for Covid-19 meanwhile 99% affected survive.