What the Hell is Wrong with Us?

[Balr14]

Can’t say I have any concern myself. I’m out doing things just as normal, but I’m a healthy 29 year old. Just feel it’s over blown, zero interest in changing a single activity in my life due to “a pandemic”

Not a single co worker of mine (police and government) has a concern either. Idk, we are all 20s and everyone seems to have same mindset as myself.

That is the crux of the matter. In other societies, a problem is everyone's problem. But, not here.

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[FreePenguin]

That is the crux of the matter. In other societies, a problem is everyone's problem. But, not here.

Why would a plague that affects certain aged individuals that has an near zero chance to come near myself be my problem?

If I get sick I will simply stay home and ride it out. Otherwise, waste of effort worrying.

 

[Balr14]

Why would a plague that affects certain aged individuals that has an near zero chance to come near myself be my problem?

If I get sick I will simply stay home and ride it out. Otherwise, waste of effort worrying.

None of the people you work with or have contact with has older family members? Of course, that's no concern of yours.

 

[FreePenguin]

None of the people you work with or have contact with has older family members? Of course, that's no concern of yours.

Old people need to stay home and we can avoid them. Pretty simple solution. Sorry if the solution seems gloomy. Jobs pay the bills, people need to work. Can’t sacrifice our quality of life on fear

 

[Echo4papa]

Also when you have a main stream media that constantly prints half truths and downright incorrect stories you get a lot of people that don't believe what they say. The MSM lied 100,000 times since Trump got in office, why should I believe them now?

I really wish the MSM could tell the truth. It would be nice to have good sources of information available.

It will be interesting in hind sight to compare this to the H1N1 when the MSM was protecting the president rather than trying to unseat him.

You get the same thing from the man himself though, he can't stop himself from spouting lies and he's not a good source of information.

Old people need to stay home and we can avoid them. Pretty simple solution. Sorry if the solution seems gloomy. Jobs pay the bills, people need to work. Can’t sacrifice our quality of life on fear

You do know you can get it and spread it without feeling "sick"? The whole point about limiting contact isn't just about keeping yourself from getting it, it's about limiting the spread. It doesn't matter if you're in the danger zone of high impact in terms of it's effect on you, you're still contributing to the spread of the virus by not acting responsibly and limiting exposure.

 

[ravenofpoe]

Some of you may have seen my road trip thread. I’m considering postponing it because of the hype and hysteria. But yeah I’m republican, early thirties and honestly more concerned with the effect it will have on my road trip than whether or not this is going to kill me. Some good points are made about how it effects the extended reach of our interactions. Friends and family of those we know. But people have to go to work so that spread will happen regardless.

What I will say is my view point of this may be more tied to my age than any party line. I had H1N1 in 09. I lived. I also lived through a supposed apocalypse every other year since Y2K. I’m feeling unimpressed. further my generation in general has had a lot of down points. We graduated high school and ran off to college and listened to a bunch of idiots about what degrees to pursue or how we didn’t need to worry about student loans. We’d get them paid off with our shiny new careers. In underwater basket weaving. Graduated with a mountain of debt into a recession and even those of us who picked sensible degrees had trouble finding work. Most of us still don’t work in our chosen profession. Most of us haven’t recovered and we don’t plan for the future. Retirement is a pipe dream for most of us. Paying our rent can be a shit show involving multiple room mates. Few of us own newer cars let alone a house of any kind. I’m not saying potty us, but rather trying to show our outlook. Live for the moment and enjoy the life you have. We all die someday.

 

[Hack]

You get the same thing from the man himself though, he can't stop himself from spouting lies and he's not a good source of information.

I think he's more likely to make errors than to outright lie, but I agree he hasn't been the best source of information for the virus. He is definitely concerned about optics. I understand with lots of people constantly accusing him of everything and anything, it would be difficult to just ignore all that. And frankly I'm glad he defends himself.

 

[Echo4papa]

In general though, if you want the truth, ignore sites that are giving opinions, ignore politicians, yes, including the President... read some actual news. Stick to AP, Reuters, and the BBC. Those are widely regarded as mostly unbiased, fact based news. Read/watch interviews with experts on the situation, listen to their advice, not the "news" analysis afterwards.

 

[Echo4papa]

I think he's more likely to make errors than to outright lie, but I agree he hasn't been the best source of information for the virus. He is definitely concerned about optics. I understand with lots of people constantly accusing him of everything and anything, it would be difficult to just ignore all that. And frankly I'm glad he defends himself.

I think it's a bit worse, in my opinion. I think he's likely to say whatever he wants as long as it suits his agenda, and that agenda isn't aligned with the average citizen. Even if it's more toward your opinion than mine, imagine the implications of what you just said. He's more concerned with the optics of the virus versus the best course of action for the country.

 

[Balr14]

This is a pandemic. Declared by the WHO, not the Democrats. It WILL affect your work and quality of life before it is over.

 

[barron64]

Just to add some perspective on this...

For the United States:
61 million infected
275,000 hospitalizations
12,500 deaths

The year? 2009
H1N1 swine flu Pandemic


Current numbers for regular yearly flu for 2019:
36-51 million infected
370-670K hospitalizations
22,000-55,000 deaths



Current numbers on corona virus for US:
3000 infected
61 deaths

 

[FreePenguin]

Just to add some perspective on this...

For the United States:
61 million infected
275,000 hospitalizations
12,500 deaths

The year? 2009
H1N1 swine flu Pandemic


Current numbers for regular yearly flu for 2019:
36-51 million infected
370-670K hospitalizations
22,000-55,000 deaths



Current numbers on corona virus for US:
3000 infected
61 deaths

Yeah. Honestly, better chance be in car wreck than this impact myself or anyone around me. Not going to put any effort towards the fear.

 

[tcman54]

6 out 10 people won't get it, of the 4 out of 10 who do, 97.5% will survive.

Unfortunate numbers but hardly catastrophic.

TC

 

[WildHorse]

I'm AMAZED how many people need their hands held by the government. Pathetic really.

 

[Hadelson]

Old people need to stay home and we can avoid them. Pretty simple solution. Sorry if the solution seems gloomy. Jobs pay the bills, people need to work. Can’t sacrifice our quality of life on fear

Your comments are all wrong-self centered and convey an attitude of it doesn't impact me, so drive on. Don't think you have any idea of Team effort

You can become a carrier and pass Covid 19 to others who do not have the immune system to handle it. Now think about that and how many people you might infect and become responsible for them succumbing to this virus,

Mod...……..…..sorry for the rant but this really tripped by BS meter.

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