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Is the global propagation of a contagious pathogen actually considered not that interesting? I ask because some coworkers have the same attitude and I just assu

• 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.