Quote: EdJames wrote in post #245

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Very good points by Dr. Drew and the fellow that called out the clickbait nature of things.... essentially the "clickbait virus!"

But on the other hand, as @disndat noted above, watching what governments are doing tells a different story.... at least to some degree....

could it be that they are over-reacting because of the hysteria (things that I am thinking about is modern 1st world nation Japan (under sound leadership with Abe) closing all schools until April.... talking about the Summer Olympics being at risk.... or modern 1st world nation Italy locking down and quarantining tens of thousands of people....)?

@austingirl mentioned Stuart's blunder of talking about 8,000 new "cases" when they are people being observed.... I also noticed Stuart just casually saying several times yesterday (paraphrasing): maybe it is good that Trump will mobilize industry to create those 300 million masks.... maybe we don't need them, but it will be a positive sign that we are doing something... maybe people will feel better because they can have a mask... have something tangible in their hands that shows that we have things under control....

So are we in a vicious cycle now?

Media and political trash are stoking the hysteria...... governments are responding to the hysteria by thinking of ways that they can "do something...." which in turn just stokes the hysteria further....

Is that what we are seeing?

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Coronavirus has spread to every bar across America...

About the person that died in the State of Washington today: there seems to be some confusion as to whether it was a female or male.... apparently later reports are saying male in his 50s.... still staying with compromised health....

The most dangerous thing about coronavirus is the hysteria
It is the latest phenomenon to fulfil our weird and growing appetite for doom
Ross Clark, 29 February, 2020

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2020/02/the-most-dangerous-thing-about-coronavirus-is-the-hysteria/

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There is something more to the Covid-19 panic. It is the latest phenomenon to fulfil a weird and growing appetite for doom among the populations of developed countries. We are living in the healthiest, most peaceful time in history, yet we cannot seem to accept it. We constantly have to invent bogeymen, from climate alarmism, nuclear war and financial collapse to deadly diseases. Covid-19 has achieved such traction because it has emerged at just the right time. At the end of January, Brexit had just been completed without incident. The standoff between the US and Iran — which preposterously led the ‘Doomsday Clock’ to be advanced closer to midnight than during the Cuban missile crisis — fizzled into nothing. The Australian bush fires, which caused an explosion in climate doom-mongering (even though the global incidence of wildfires has fallen over the past two decades) had largely gone out. What more was there to worry about?

Then along came a novel strain of disease and the cycle of panic began again. But there are already strong signs that it has peaked. In the seven days before 24 February, the WHO recorded 6,398 new infections in China — down from 13,002 the previous week. On Monday it was 415. Very soon we are going to have to find another thing to agonise about. Asteroids? The next ‘freak’ weather incident, now the storms have died down? Who knows, but we will certainly find something.

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Good article, and it is indeed a weird phenomenon.

It goes without saying, the media fuels both the scope and intensity......

Quote: EdJames wrote in post #264

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It goes without saying, the media fuels both the scope and intensity......

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Especially on weekends, the fnc daytime lineup is enemedia with a thin veneer of deception on it.... Trump has blasted them for this a few times....