I encountered this essay in someone's random reply comment on twitter yesterday. Knowing the origins of Chicken-Littleism is important for the post-pandemic fa

I encountered this essay in someone's random reply comment on twitter yesterday. Knowing the origins of Chicken-Littleism is important for the post-pandemic failure analysis. Humanity's current SARS-CoV-2 predicament results from a perfect storm: change a few variables and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic probably would have fizzled out with many fewer casualties. Treating this otherwise-wimpy virus as a super-virus is surely a primary cause of many of the non-old-person deaths. Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter, has a twitter feed that I appreciate (likely the source of the reply comment where I first saw this link). Here's a quote from a recent thread about his theories of why his former colleagues in the news media seem to despise him: > 11/ The third reason is the most obvious: the hysterics have been wrong. They know it, whether they admit it or not. Except for the most at-risk populations - who should be the focus of our protective efforts - #COVID looks to be a minor risk. And with every day that goes by... > 12/ Every state and country that reopen without catastrophe, the lockdowns appear more insane. [...] - https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1262223339726213121 https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1262223339726213121 (italics added)