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I also don't think you (and others) should be gleefully clutching pearls for too long just yet. Yes, western governments have been woefully unprepared and very

I also don't think you (and others) should be gleefully clutching pearls for too long just yet. Yes, western governments have been woefully unprepared and very slapshot in their response to this. Yes, valuable time was wasted. But please avoid the trap the media wants to drown us all in, that of despair and permanent anxiety. We will solve this, one way or another. It won't be easy, and there will be a ton of pain (a lot of which is already being felt). But a solution will be found (my best guess: probably a vaccine in the medium to long run, and in the short to medium term stronger testing and isolation regimes to let us get back to some semblance of normal life again)

pavas 7y ago
Beating this thing requires sacrifice and it seems very few people are willing to voluntarily do it. There is no reason to despair or panic or be anxious if you are following the proper precautions to prevent its spread. I think there is just cause for spreading fear until people get it into their heads that this is serious and behave accordingly, at which point the focus needs to switch towards keeping people optimistic and healthy in isolation without social interaction. The alternative is millions of deaths and a collapse of our medical system.