Starting off 2020, the world was blessed with a strain of Coronavirus labeled as 2019-nCoV, which unlike the Coronavirus that we have been used to: originated from an animal. Upon the first reported cases in North America there has been mass panic and what I believe to be overreactions. Large bundles of sick masks have been bought, and if you take public transportation: you’ll likely have a hard time trying not to find someone wearing a sick-mask if you look around.
So stop being stupid.
- Firstly, most sick masks lack the sufficient quality to prevent a user to catch the disease, making the increased usage already pointless
- The disease has only infected a small number of people outside of China, a minute number compared to the +7 billion people on this earth
- Only 1/5 carriers even show harmful symptoms
- Despite the faster spread compared to SARS, the strain is also much less harmful
- Many media sources have not been offering accurate nor detailed news on the new strain in their race to be the first to herald the “apocalypse”
In general the whole panic over the new strain of the Coronavirus is stupider than the 2016 US election. Realistically the strain is no serious concern, in reality the larger problem that may arise could be the mass hysteria that may form. With people worried over who many carry, if they might catch it, and the over dramatization of the strain by media, overreactions and fear are likely to cause more problems.
In the end, the Coronavirus is already here. So just accept it.
You either die, or you don’t.