[quote=nostradamus]I think you misunderstood me completely. My point was, IMO you act almost prophetic but then change your prophecies retroactively to match the facts as they arrive. You’d make an excellent lawyer-cum-politician.
At least you didn’t come back with any ostrich head-in-the-sand analogies about how I’m not thinking because I’m not as schizophrenic as some. I would have bet on this response.
Anyhow, take care of that sweet baby! Don’t make him too nervous in life or too sheltered.[/quote]
Ok, first of all this is what she said in her first post:
I would wear a mask to be safe. We won’t know for another few days to a week how hairy this will be. What concerns me is that the CDC now says that is too late to contain the virus and prevent its spread in the U.S. If you don’t have to visit venues with a lot of people, I wouldn’t.
Clearly stating that we did not know anything and it is a good idea to take precautions at this early stage. Actually, knowing a little bit about viruses that is good advice at the stage of information. Because we had NO idea the first day. To say it was of no concern at that stage would have been recklessly stupid. Viruses are tricky buggers and can flare up and do some real damage if the evolve the right way. At this point it does not look to be an escalating problem. Which is nice.
Now, I don’t spend my time worrying about pandemic viruses but I do understand they exist and can wreak havoc under that right conditions. Initially when I heard that some mutant franken-virus was making it’s way of from mexico I was concerned as well. Does that mean I was in fetal position peeing my pants, no. But I decided it was a good idea to monitor this situation closely and get a good understanding of it.
If you are under the school of thought that the USG is lying about the state of the economy and it is going to get much much worse. Of which partypup and I are. You kind of look for things that they will use as an excuse for the death of the economy. Because you can be sure they wont blame their policies for it and would welcome any event (naturally occurring or contrived) to use as a scapegoat.
You say:
you act almost prophetic but then change your prophecies retroactively to match the facts as they arrive
All I can say about this is: This is what people do, they integrate and process new information as it comes it instead of staying rigidly attached to an initial idea. I consider this a good trait. But that is just me. Her response’s went from, “we don’t know anything about this better take precautions” to “the media seems to be hyping this up more than it should be, what’s up with that” in a matter of 24 hours.
It’s a sad state of affairs that nobody trusts the media. Fear has been a SUCCESSFUL biological response to avoiding dangerous conditions since the dawn of time. Unfortunately, we are bombarded with so many media-contrived things to be scared of for reasons other than our safety that our natural receptors are all out-of-whack. Our initial response to everything is to ignore everything. Which is probably equally or more damaging as being irrationally scared of everything.
