You need enough anxiety to keep you and yours safe. Like, you don’t want to be this guy:
https://twitter.com/Michael1979/status/1238206615544872984
Beyond that, no good.
The real Pessimism v Optimism debate is about the societal effects. Nobody is really being optimistic even though there’s a huge range of positive outcomes.
Jman was talking about an Andromeda Strain and Disneylands getting turned to glass, not a really bad cold. This is in the positive half of his doomsaying.
In the discussion of people with remarkable foresight does anyone else remember @suzzer99 posting about conserving TP by folding over corners and getting another wipe?
Only one of these will not give you the covid.
No but I thought that was standard…
You planet killing motherfuckers.
Welp now I know my anxiety symptom is nausea not chest pain, so I’ve got that going for me.
If we were serious about reducing the health impacts of this thing it would be illegal to open this thread more than twice per day.
I remarked to the missus earlier that the virus’s behaviour is relatively benign compared to the virus that is homo sapiens.
At least you know where you stand with corona.
We need a separate thread.
no but srsly can you imagine all the other species thinking “fuck FINALLY”
I’m legit pretty bad about TP use, but I’m going to make amends when I spend my old age camped out on BLM land pooping in holes and wiping with sticks.
I was thinking about this the other day, didn’t want to post it and make it look like I was happy about coronavirus or would consider it possible to have a silver lining… But it will probably cause a major reduction in carbon emissions for a while, so that could save some lives.
It could lead to a transfer of wealth downward, but it could also go the other way.
It should guarantee one term only for Trump, unless he cancels the election, so that saves lives too.
No.
There is definitely a ton of panicking ITT for a bunch of young healthy people who are at the lowest levels of risk.
How many of these are things he said that were captured on video and can be edited into something?
Can’t read due to NYTimes still having paywall on Corona stories even tho they said they were lifting it.
But 1/375 dying is not worst case scenario.
I suppose they’re giving them because they’re more expensive, right?
personally i’m not trying to do 3 weeks in the hospital and/or end up like the two 29-year old healthcare workers in china that died
Yeah, all the people saying “M4A seems like a good idea now huh” aren’t being snarky, they’re saying “holy shit we want to make sure this doesn’t happen again!”
Same wtf?
I’m not really worried for myself. I’m worried about the health and safety of people who aren’t nearly as healthy and fortunate as me.
An update on my journey to Florida to drive my grandparents home.
I found someone to ride/drive with me if I waited a day, so we left this morning and are just coming up on the CDC headquarters on the way there. Hope to be back home in my bed tomorrow night, after 2400 miles in a car in 2 days.
