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> could mutate and change it's behavior(sic) We could also get hit by an asteroid tomorrow and most life on Earth wiped out, guess that isn't newsworthy though

> could mutate and change it's behavior(sic) We could also get hit by an asteroid tomorrow and most life on Earth wiped out, guess that isn't newsworthy though. Hope people are worried about that danger, despite all the effort put in we routinely can't detect dangerous objects that come near Earth. Scary stuff. How many people have died outside China from this virus again? Is it zero? Last I looked it was zero human beings have died outside of China, perhaps I'm wrong.

platz 7y ago
Your priors are a little misconfigured
kenneth 7y ago
So you're saying that the people who die in China don't matter… no big deal, as long as it's not happening in my country. Pandemics don't care about borders, anyways. There's a very high probability this will spread outside China even with all the drastic measures we've taken.
- ShorsHammer 7y ago
  In no way saying they don't matter. I'm saying it's overblown and ridiculous how scared people are, most media outlets have running 24 hour coverage of any snippet they can scrounge up. The authorities are taking care of it incredibly well, my main point was keep calm and carry on. Of course it will spread elsewhere in greater numbers, may even rival some rare ailments for deaths. Catching pneumonia is bad for everyone. A marginally higher risk of catching it isn't anything to stress about. Would you like to talk about the 5000 people who died on the roads in China last week alone? Because I would. Do their lives matter as much here? It's far more tragic given that nearly all of them weren't suffering pre-existing conditions. This is giant global experiment in human ability to logically discern risk and we seemed to have failed dramatically.
platz 7y ago
“I think we’re going to start seeing secondary spread in the United States in the next two or three weeks,” said Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner. - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/mayo-clinic-dr-gregory-poland-coronavirus-basically-at-a-pandemic.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/mayo-clinic-dr-gregory-polan...

platz 7y ago

Your priors are a little misconfigured

kenneth 7y ago

So you're saying that the people who die in China don't matter… no big deal, as long as it's not happening in my country. Pandemics don't care about borders, anyways. There's a very high probability this will spread outside China even with all the drastic measures we've taken.

ShorsHammer 7y ago
In no way saying they don't matter. I'm saying it's overblown and ridiculous how scared people are, most media outlets have running 24 hour coverage of any snippet they can scrounge up. The authorities are taking care of it incredibly well, my main point was keep calm and carry on. Of course it will spread elsewhere in greater numbers, may even rival some rare ailments for deaths. Catching pneumonia is bad for everyone. A marginally higher risk of catching it isn't anything to stress about. Would you like to talk about the 5000 people who died on the roads in China last week alone? Because I would. Do their lives matter as much here? It's far more tragic given that nearly all of them weren't suffering pre-existing conditions. This is giant global experiment in human ability to logically discern risk and we seemed to have failed dramatically.

platz 7y ago

“I think we’re going to start seeing secondary spread in the United States in the next two or three weeks,” said Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner. - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/mayo-clinic-dr-gregory-poland-coronavirus-basically-at-a-pandemic.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/mayo-clinic-dr-gregory-polan...