Originally Posted by
cmtlatitudes
Posters who previously expressed thoughtful and balanced perspectives, were well reasoned and articulated their positions in manners that were diplomatic and non-offensive to a fault. In a space of a couple weeks some of them seem to have gone completely around the bend, to internet 'thug' mentalities, with zero tolerance for any position or perspective but their own. "Hostile" is generous. Some of the posts that I'd go so far as to describe as "menacing" and just this side of "unhinged". This wouldn't be so shocking if it were new posters or trolls. But largely it is not. This virus is really changing people.-(
The virus has brought out many peoples survival instincts. That, and with videos released showing horrors of Covid patients in ICU, and trucks carrying corpses, made people believe anyone can die with this virus. I have heard so many people posting "millions have/will die".
The thing that was being pushed back in early March was to "treat every other person as a carrier of the virus". Considering that in many countries, 1 in 1000 or even 1 in 10,000 people have the virus, it does seem overkill, but it was erring on the side of caution
That in turn leads to a lot of deeply angry and stressed people who are literally considering every one else on this planet to be infected