[quote=Hobie]itsdd: keep in mind people were dying from the flu. Not so much re coronavirus. Transmission rates vs. actual mortality are not same. This is my point re press jumping on the ‘pandemic’ phrase and getting everyone panicked running out to by toilet paper and bottled water.
I hear you. The media probably helped fanning the panic, but that only worked b/c the gov’t failed miserably on how it managed the situation. That chunk of lard, all he had to do to reassure the people was to just acknowledge the severity of the new virus (nothing new) and let them know that the smartest scientist/doctors are working on a solution and leave it at that. Telling people to not to panic without any substance to back it up is like watching a fire burning down your next door neighbor’s house through your windows and telling your kids not to panic and then just standing there.
