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I don't know, but everybody panicked about the same time and came to the conclusion it was a crisis right about on Friday the 13th. I personally was worrying ab
by perl4ever 6y ago
I don't know, but everybody panicked about the same time and came to the conclusion it was a crisis right about on Friday the 13th. I personally was worrying about why a lot of authorities were dragging their feet that week, but none of them were the WHO.
Maybe take an inventory of where you were and what you were doing and thinking that week?
- ceejayoz 6y ago> I don't know, but everybody panicked about the same time and came to the conclusion it was a crisis right about on Friday the 13th. The sudden switch was fascinating to me. One theory is Tom Hanks getting it coupled with the NBA shutting down on the 11th turned it from abstract to very concrete for a lot of folks: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-12/tom-hanks-and-the-nba-finally-wake-america-up-to-the-coronavirus https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-12/tom-hanks...
- perl4ever 6y agoPassing a threshold doesn't happen because something happened at exactly that point; it happens because an accumulation of things reaches a tipping point. For instance, with my workplace there were (unseen) negotiations with the union on how to respond. For at least a week or more, us peons were saying (or I was to myself) what the hell is the governor doing? Well, in all fairness, lots of people were doing things behind the scenes.
- ceejayoz 6y agoI'm saying "celebrities are getting hit now" pushed a lot of folks past that tipping point. If a random person wins the lottery, no one blinks an eye. If Tom Hanks and the NBA win the lottery, people start wondering if a) it's more common than they thought to win the lottery or b) the lottery is rigged, because statistically celebs should have a low chance of winning it.