USMC_Trev
Axe-Master
We as a species are actually dumber than 1918. At least then the Dunning-Krueger Effect wasn’t amplified by the internet’s ability to deliver just enough information to make a stupid person think they know everything there is to know about a subject.Unfortunately there are still a LOT of people that think this is not serious and are continuing with life as usual. They are in for a very rude awakening over the next couple weeks.
Last week was when things got real. This week is when panic will set in. Some will learn of friends, acquaintances or family members who have become infected. Some will die. News will leak out about all the field hospitals being constructed and quarantine camps. Worldwide death toll will surpass 20K. Stock market will plunge another 20%.
This is a pandemic. Plain and simple. It will kill thousands, perhaps millions unless it is taken seriously. It may already be too late. The 1968 flu pandemic killed 1M. The Spanish flu killed upwards of 50M, maybe more. Statistically this disease is as serious as both of those, maybe worse. WAKE UP!
After the last four years of biology undergraduate (including a concentration in virology, DNA, RNA, protein-protein interactions, genetic analysis, microbiology and so on) and a year of medical school, I know about half a percent of what real experts know. That’s what education is supposed to do - show you how much more there still is to know. That doesn’t seem to matter anymore