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Old Feb 2, 2020, 4:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Visconti
The moment I've left HK, I've had my mask on everywhere, except for when I'm in my study alone. I'd understand acquaintances reminding me, but not anyone who knows me well. I suppose, it's disappointing that I'm finding out there are some who really didn't know me that well, after all. And, that's ok.
Yea, it's just human nature I guess and anxiety that makes people overreact.

If this thing becomes a pandemic and settles at any reasonably high death rate like 5% or so, and persists beyond summer, you will see the thin veneer of civility and civilization start collapsing across the board, and people acting in increasingly aggressive-defensive ways...
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