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And they have ONE case: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/coronavirus-queues-at-supermarkets-as-panic-buying-ramps-up.html https://www.newshub

And they have ONE case: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/coronavirus-queues-at-supermarkets-as-panic-buying-ramps-up.html https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/coronavir... Panic is one of these binary things. A group of people can go from normal to freaked-the-hell-out-panicked at the flip of a switch. Pulling them back to normal is nearly impossible. That's why you want to get ready before the switch flips. Because, if you don't, you might just have to be out there with them, and things can get ugly fast. I have zero interest in that, less than zero, actually.

bamboozled 7y ago
There is some times during this thing where I have actually panicked for sure. Its the first time in a while I could feel myself teetering on the edge of losing control and succumbing to a full blown panic attack. Reading the news is actually pretty scary. Even the way individual cases are being reported is freaky. I wonder how I'd feel if the same thing happened for every freak accident, flu death etc. Not trying to down play the severity of the virus, just amusing how much we can be influenced by the media.
- robomartin 7y ago
  Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I don't know what might be available to you. I would urge you not to watch CNN, they are in full destroy-Trump fear mongering mode. It's sick. We are in the US. We watch BBC World News most of the time. Aside from that, the CDC (cdc.gov) is covering this well. Basically, if you can absorb reasonably scientific material the science news providers are a million times better than any news organization. Here's an interesting YouTube resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quDYb_x54DM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quDYb_x54DM