Originally Posted by WestCoastPDX

I was going to a trade show about music in Burbank late March (synthplex) and it just got cancelled today.
So, I’m going to go anywhere and just hang out down there.

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We’re just watching an insane feedback loop. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.

News says things are scary.
People get scared and cancel random trips.
Government says ‘people are scared, we need to do something’
Government does ‘something’ - by making it more scary.

Employers fear liability, so they cancel ‘non-essential travel’ to look good to staff / media / government.
Events get canceled because some people can’t attend.
With cancelled events, no one travels.

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The damage to the global economy.... Who can imagine right now?
The suffering of the poor who will lose jobs... how many will die?

All because of fear.

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~157,000 people a DAY die in the world in general.
CV has killed 3000 in almost 4 months.
Almost all people who get it recover and move on.

Yet, here we are, stopping the engine of the world - because of fear.


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And with all due respect to doctors - I treat them like my lawyers.
Their job is to give their best advice they can in their field.
It’s my job to actually use my brain to decide what I will do.

Most doctors I talk to are flabbergasted that there is such a panic about this.
So, for every doctor that is quoted as saying ‘omg, it’s the end of the world, PANIC!’ ....there are lots who think the exact opposite.