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I've been extremely pessimistic since early January when I started following this obsessively - and I still think it's going to get far worse before it gets bet

I've been extremely pessimistic since early January when I started following this obsessively - and I still think it's going to get far worse before it gets better. But there is a silver lining here. This is probably the first time in history that a disease will have this much attention from so many researchers. There's a good chance someone will find a cure or prophylactic relatively soon, even if a vaccine is unlikely. Also any potential drug will be put on rush evaluation so things should move quickly - there's Hope yet.

nkozyra 7y ago
I agree. And yet there are swarms of people complaining the media attention is alarmist or that this is no big deal. Pretty sure public response so far, at least stateside.
- smolder 7y ago
  It's my anecdotal observation that there are more people hysterical over the hysteria than there are people legitimately hysterical over the virus. But that's probably not representative. I hope.
mellavora 7y ago
2020: Covid-19 1918: Spanish Flu 1820: First Cholera Pandemic 1720 is not as clearcut but you could cherry-pick some candidates. Likewise 1620 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics So, have we a 100-year event ??
- k4runa 7y ago
  Astrologically it happens with Saturn / Pluto conjunctions which are the two malefic planets. That happened in the middle of January this year, it also happened when HIV was discovered in 1983, and in 1914 it happened again, also in January 1820 for the Cholera pandemic, and in 1713, and 1616. So the next big one is 2053...
  - bregma 7y ago
    Pluto isn't a planet any more, so your premise is false.
    - shadowprofile77 7y ago
      That..... and the fact that he's spouting off astrological nonsense in the first place. You know, regardless of what planet, planetoid, dwarf planet, asteroid, giant alien mothership definitions you choose.
  - allovernow 7y ago
    Honestly surprised to see star voodoo like this on HN. There's literally always something happening to people on a planet with hundreds of millions to billions of people. The correlations are spurious because at any alignment you can say "oh, look at all these bad things happening". That's why astrology and the like have zero predictive value.

nkozyra 7y ago

I agree. And yet there are swarms of people complaining the media attention is alarmist or that this is no big deal. Pretty sure public response so far, at least stateside.

smolder 7y ago
It's my anecdotal observation that there are more people hysterical over the hysteria than there are people legitimately hysterical over the virus. But that's probably not representative. I hope.

mellavora 7y ago

2020: Covid-19 1918: Spanish Flu 1820: First Cholera Pandemic 1720 is not as clearcut but you could cherry-pick some candidates. Likewise 1620 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics So, have we a 100-year event ??

k4runa 7y ago
Astrologically it happens with Saturn / Pluto conjunctions which are the two malefic planets. That happened in the middle of January this year, it also happened when HIV was discovered in 1983, and in 1914 it happened again, also in January 1820 for the Cholera pandemic, and in 1713, and 1616. So the next big one is 2053...
- bregma 7y ago
  Pluto isn't a planet any more, so your premise is false.
  - shadowprofile77 7y ago
    That..... and the fact that he's spouting off astrological nonsense in the first place. You know, regardless of what planet, planetoid, dwarf planet, asteroid, giant alien mothership definitions you choose.
- allovernow 7y ago
  Honestly surprised to see star voodoo like this on HN. There's literally always something happening to people on a planet with hundreds of millions to billions of people. The correlations are spurious because at any alignment you can say "oh, look at all these bad things happening". That's why astrology and the like have zero predictive value.