I'm annoyed how people are freaking out over the coronavirus?

Too many, yup.

I agree Ox

Because life is mostly boring and people (mostly idiots) love new shiny things.

Yeah, the media's done a good job with this one. It's also crushing China's economy. They're forecasting a recession in China. Christ, even a 6% increase in GDP was seen as a bad year for them!

Your chances of catching coronavirus outside East Asia are negligible. Your chances of dying from coronavirus inside even China are negligible

People like to panic.

I work at a school of 5th grade to 12th. My work load has doubled wiping crap down for something less dangerous than driving in to work.

It's called hysteria. People love it and are irrational. The first thing they do, when a potential virus is in our midst, is call a meeting and lock everyone in a room for hours to discuss the virus response. THE WORST thing you can do.

It's all bullshit.

I'll bet that in the usa the number of people who die from coronavirus will be far outnumbered by mass shootings, but far too many people in that country seem able to live with the latter.

I don't understand the stockpiling of water: how would the virus affect water supply? There's been panic buying in some Australian supermarkets of both food and water, apparently because one medical official recommended those at risk make sure they have enough food to keep them going for a few weeks if they have to be quarantined. Not a bad suggestion, but surely being quarantined wouldn't prevent stores or friends or family delivering needed food and leaving it outside the door?

Some sections of the media in Australia (and I'll bet elsewhere too) are disseminating fake news and half information which is presumably getting their ratings up and creating panic amongst people guillible enough to believe them.

Yeah, it's pretty annoying considering that we are now heading towards a recession for no reason other than fear. The Russians did an excellent job of spreading fake news about the virus.

The hysteria is also fucking up the stock market and yours and my retirement savings. Be scared of the flu (annual) not corona. The flu kills thousands every year in the US alone. How many have died from Corona- 1 in the US and 3000 worldwide?

I hope the people who react that get the Corona virus

LloydAsser
how uninformed can you be?
Do you really think china kills
1 per 50,000?
That they fear a war over another tianamen type incident.
That the crowd would rush the shooter?
Study reality:
China locks up and kills people at random.
Its far worse then 1 per 50,000.
Who exactly would china fear a war from?
Most of the world has become so dependant on china that realistically they can do as they please.
Rush the shooter.
That just doesnt happen.
Because knowone wants to be the first to take that bullet.
That allowed the concentration camps, the khmer rouche,
( forgive spelling )
and current prisons. World wide.
A few people with a few guns can totally control large groups of people.
Am I wrong?

As a fellow coronavirus writing this comment, I want to say we need some love too.

I'm not worried about me. I'm worried about my loved ones.

I use to think like you until I had a kid. The corona virus is killing the young and the old. Its not that big of a deal for someone in their prime to get it but they could pass it on to their kids and the kids could die.

Its something that can kill people, people get scared.

Someone can have a glock, shoot 14 times and still a crowed of 2000 people will run away even though there is only the 1 bullet left. Its that mindset of "it could be me"