>>1537441>The reason people don't panic about the flu is because they expect it to happen around the same time every year. There's a familiarity. You're explicitly saying that wuflu panic is people overreacting out of ignorance and irrational fear.
>The Brits also knew Germany was bombing them.This shit's been going on since January, The Blitz lasted 8 months.
>This covid shit came out of nowhereJust like all the other weird diseases that pop up every few years and yet somehow have never inspired 1% of the current level of global pants-wetting.
>we don't fully understand the extent of what it does in the long term.You're right, better completely ruin the lives of literally everyone on the planet just in case.
>The US is a prime example of leadership denying any sort of risk at all for the longest time. Remember that time in January when Trump banned travel from China and the media freaked because he was overreacting and being rayciss? Of course you don't, it's been completely memory holed.
Hiding behind face diapers and cowering in your basement for months on end is only prolonging the pain. Other countries have shown the only way to effectively fix the problem is to suck it up and let it run its course.
