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Unpopular opinion: people could stop trying to speculate everyt-f-thing and amplifying the negative consequences of everything! Stop trying to "prepare" for stu
by nnq 7y ago
Unpopular opinion: people could stop trying to speculate everyt-f-thing and amplifying the negative consequences of everything! Stop trying to "prepare" for stuff or, worse, to speculate as to take advantage of stuff happening!
Just accept that there will be a temporary extra increase in mortality, and move one, carry on all life and economic activity as if nothing much happened, because it didn't! Promptly silence the panic mongers. "Live and let die", so to say, until solutions (vaccine, drugs) come to market.
Paraphrasing what a wise American once said in a sad September day: go about you business! go shopping! (ok, maybe do more of it online, but whatever...)
In this particular case, even the orange guy has a better/healthier attitude towards this and more sense than VCs and the stock markets!
- ur-whale 7y agoBecause you clearly know better.
- s_gourichon 7y ago"and (the parent comment author) promptly disappears in a puff of logic." Ref: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/PuffOfLogic https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/PuffOfLogic