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> We are finally seeing some stories about COVID-19 break through to the front page and get some interesting discussion - it's taken over a month. They aren't
by luckylion 7y ago
> We are finally seeing some stories about COVID-19 break through to the front page and get some interesting discussion - it's taken over a month.
They aren't really that interesting, though. HN is for interesting stuff, not for "I'm too lazy to go to CNN to get my daily dose of news".
- JRKrause 7y agoIs the global propagation of a contagious pathogen actually considered not that interesting? I ask because some coworkers have the same attitude and I just assumed it was them reacting to the pop-medias (assumed) obsession with it.
- luckylion 7y ago> Is the global propagation of a contagious pathogen actually considered not that interesting? In general it is. With daily updates on the latest speculation and "if this is true, everyone will die" predictions? Not to me, no. It has little value and is mostly just providing a place where people can indulge in their fears of mortality (boring!), their new found hatred of China (boring!), some ideas of pandemics spreading they gathered from Plague, Inc. (fun, but not really that interesting) and their general feeling of uneasiness and tribalism ("it's really Trump's fault, you know?" - "no, it's the progressive's fault!" - "Shut up, you two, it's obviously capitalism, err Russia"). A general recap might be interesting at some point, and so would more details be. Articles that trigger "should I buy face masks and lock down my house now" comments aren't, imho.