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re: Are many everyday Americans really freaking out?

Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:29 am to
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
34016 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:29 am to
A lot of the faux hysteria is just virtue signaling.
Posted by BayBengal9
Bay St. Louis, MS
Member since Nov 2019
4171 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:33 am to
My parents are making money on it (not intentionally)... their cabins in pigeon forge and Michigan have seen an increase in bookings 4-6 months out as people look for a *single family* lodging location for a vacay rather than stay at a hotel...I'm taking the wife (no pics) and daughter (she's 2 and a half) on a trip at the end of April and we're going back to the Philippines in October... 0 concern. And I dont think the economy is going to get hit very hard... we're still cranked up full speed at the plant I work at, no sign of slowing.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:33 am to
im freaking out that i dont have spare funds to buy stocks right now

the rest is just TDS fake BS fear mongering
Posted by KingwoodLsuFan
Member since Aug 2008
11447 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:35 am to
Economically yes.
Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
Member since Nov 2005
39991 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:40 am to
Not for me or my kids -- unless this mutates into something that affects a different age group -- but more currently worried for my parents who are 75 and 71 and have heart issues.
Posted by GeorgePaton
God's Country
Member since May 2017
5053 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:48 am to
Not me. Personally, I believe all this fear is an orchestrated crisis designed for one purpose......turn public opinion against Donald Trump. They (Deep State) couldn't do with the Russia collusion hoax, the Ukranian Quid Pro Quo hoax, and the Climate Change - Global Warming hoax. Did I miss one?

So now push the narrative that Donald Trump is to blame for this virus.


This post was edited on 3/9/20 at 11:25 am
Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger
Member since Nov 2015
24779 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:53 am to
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In conversations with folks from Seattle, everything remains normal there.


I flew thru Seattle this weekend. Only a few couples were wearing a mask throughout the whole airport that I saw. All of them Asians. It had me wondering if they were foreigners or if Asian-Americans are just more paranoid.
Posted by Ham And Glass
Member since Nov 2016
1692 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:54 am to
1 factory I deal with in Central China is back to 95% capacity from a worker standpoint. I have it on good authority that the employees were not forced to go back to work.
Posted by Walkthedawg
Dawg Pound
Member since Oct 2012
11466 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:55 am to
It's a joke, there is no doubt about that
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44071 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:55 am to
This was me freaking out over the weekend:

Posted by anc
Member since Nov 2012
20393 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:55 am to
The “close schools and ban public gatherings” crowd seems to be centered in deep blue states.

This is about advancing globalism. They can’t survive another Trump term.

By any means necessary.
Posted by GeauxCali
Member since Nov 2019
479 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:58 am to
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I think this thing’s gonna fade into the sunset pretty quickly with warm weather coming down the pike
that you even consider that a possibility is why trump absolutely bares some responsibility for the damage CV19 is doing, and will do, in every way.
Posted by MizzouBS
Missouri
Member since Dec 2014
6767 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:59 am to
When I hear people talking about or when I read about it on Facebook it’s not that they are freaking out or nervous about getting Coronavirus. They are worried about a shortage of groceries and other necessities.

A friend of my wife’s sent a selfie from Target where the Toilet paper aisle was empty. Thousands of rolls of all different brands empty.
Posted by BamaAggiemom
Member since Aug 2019
517 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:01 am to
I'm very concerned, but we are in Silicon Valley and we are trying to sell our house.

First, I have workers coming into my house to fix it up. I'm worried more chances for them to bring in the virus.

I'm wondering about how all of the market jiteriness will impact selling our home. Will prices drop?

I'm worried about our area going on stricter quarantined in a month and impacting selling.

I'm worried about one of us being exposed and quarantined.

I'm worried about us catching it. We are almost 60 and have pre-existing conditions.

I'm also pretty sure my 89 year old mom
in Dallas willl get it and die, and I won't be able to see her beforehand.

I can't believe this hits just as we are about to move. I seriously have the worst luck. Always have.
Posted by LoneStarRanger
Texas/Europe
Member since Aug 2018
2404 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:03 am to
Not really. It's a fun icebreaker.

I've been hiring some new employees, and we all still shake hands, etc when meeting.
Posted by GeauxCali
Member since Nov 2019
479 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:03 am to
jfc. Half the threads here are about the fake news media freaking everyone out, and now its "this is not a big deal no one cares". trump fans live in an absolute fantasy world.
Posted by Bunyan
He/Him
Member since Oct 2016
20931 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:04 am to
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trump fans live in an absolute fantasy world.

"Trump colluded with Russia and is a Putin asset!"
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44071 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:06 am to
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advancing globalism

Can you please explain this to me in the context of a global marketplace?
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
41388 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:07 am to
Freak out? Not really. Over react? Absolutely
Posted by LB84
Member since May 2016
4368 posts
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:11 am to
Only worried about my parents in their early 70s. Dad had pneumonia as a kid and has had bronchitis so I would worry if he would get it. Just told them try and stay away from people as much as possible. Myself and my wife both in our 30s and healthy. Not worried about getting it at all. If I did would just avoid my parents till I was over it.
This post was edited on 3/9/20 at 11:14 am
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