Locked
WORLDVIEW: Is coronavirus panic an overreaction? (Itβs not)
Some people believe that the reaction to the coronavirus is an unnecessary panic, that we're tanking the economy for nothing. Here's why they're wrong.
There are people out there who believe that the reaction to the coronavirus is an unnecessary panic. That we are, collectively, overreacting. That other things β heart attacks, malaria, strokes β are killing more people and that we should, therefore, keep calm and carry on.
There are a few possible answers to those displaying this attitude.
First, those other things are going to keep killing people β but we're loading on a new cause of death that is going to both add new deaths and make everything else deadlier.
___STEADY_PAYWALL___