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Let's be honest: EVERYONE underplayed the virus early on
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:05 pm
We keep seeing these quotes and gotchas about people joking about it, comparing it to the flu, saying it was exaggerated, etc., etc.
No one, that I have seen, is innocent. Trump, Fauci, Biden, Schumer, Pelosi, Cuomo, diBlasio, media people from Clay Travis to CNN talking heads, did this early on.
I know I certainly did (and still do, TBH).
Edit: Added the WHO to the underplayed list.
People should just acknowledge that this caught everyone off guard. No one was prepared for this, or took it serious enough early on.
I think we can all rally around one thing though, and that's frick China.
If they had been honest in the beginning, the people I mentioned above would likely have taken it more serious early on.
No one, that I have seen, is innocent. Trump, Fauci, Biden, Schumer, Pelosi, Cuomo, diBlasio, media people from Clay Travis to CNN talking heads, did this early on.
I know I certainly did (and still do, TBH).
Edit: Added the WHO to the underplayed list.
People should just acknowledge that this caught everyone off guard. No one was prepared for this, or took it serious enough early on.
I think we can all rally around one thing though, and that's frick China.
If they had been honest in the beginning, the people I mentioned above would likely have taken it more serious early on.
This post was edited on 4/10/20 at 12:17 pm
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Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:06 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
I didn't
Thought it would be closer to the flu. But a little worse.
What do I win?
Thought it would be closer to the flu. But a little worse.
What do I win?
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:07 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
I thought it would be 3-4x flu
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:08 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Everyone should have known it was coming here eventually, and would be widespread
The Panic was the factors that were unknown
The Panic was the factors that were unknown
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:08 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
I didn't
Thought it would be closer to the flu. But a little worse.
This....
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:09 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
I didn't. I called it overblown bs right off.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:09 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
Thought it would be closer to the flu. But a little worse.
I mean, the reaction doesn’t comport with this at all.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:10 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
I didn't
Thought it would be closer to the flu. But a little worse.
What do I win?
We still ain’t sure it’s worse than 17-18.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:10 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Well, when the WHO tells you there is no human-to-human transmission ....
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:10 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:
Let's be honest: WHO underplayed the virus early on
Fixed it for you.
Everyone you mentioned in the OP was making decisions based on propaganda the WHO pushing
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:11 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
If you want honesty you came to the wrong place.
Most people on this board are just as delusional as liberals and progressives.
Most people on this board are just as delusional as liberals and progressives.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:12 pm to Upperaltiger06
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We still ain’t sure it’s worse than 17-18
Or even worse than 16
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:14 pm to Langland
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I didn't. I called it overblown bs right off.
And boy, were you wrong.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:14 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:
Let's be honest: EVERYONE underplayed the virus early on
I did
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:16 pm to Antonio Moss
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Well, when the WHO tells you there is no human-to-human transmission ....
Exactly. They should be on the list too.
I'll add them.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:16 pm to sicboy
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And boy, were you wrong.
GTFO bootlicker. It was overblown then and it’s certainly still overblown now. People are tiring of the bs now.
ETA: The down voters are the weakest links.
This post was edited on 4/10/20 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:17 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
You’re more likely to die from heat exhaustion than the Chinese virus.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:17 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
I wouldn't say I underplayed it. I just didn't give a shite.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:19 pm to sicboy
quote:It absolutely was overblown.
And boy, were you wrong.
Let’s not forget everyone parroting statements of “hundreds of thousands dead”.
I still distinctly remember all of the threads that appeared when that one individual got on the news and stated that “500,000 Americans were going to die”.
That was a lot of fun.
From the beginning, panic was the one thing that would impact us more than anything, and I believe I was right.
We did not take a rational approach to this situation.
We heard massive numbers of dead and we panicked.
Not like it matters now anyway.
This post was edited on 4/10/20 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 4/10/20 at 12:24 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Some people actively downplayed it and directly stated it was being overblown to hurt Trump politically. Those people are morons.
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