Yes. I watched the press conference. I try to watch all of them.
They — PDJT and Pence — HAVE to adopt this rhetoric in the hope that the MSM will STFU (which they never will). On the same day, Trump will say the flu is worse.
You’re right. It is “real”. It is a “real threat”. So is the flu. So is norovirus. So are bedbugs. So is Lyme disease. This is different because it conveniently is occurring in an election year, and MSM realizes that people are tired of hearing about Russia, Stormy Daniels, etc. Never let a crisis to go to waste.
Maybe I’m wrong. But by the same token, maybe all the Henny Pennys here could be wrong.
They don't have to say anything. The evidence that this a major threat is being proven every day. They are of course trying to have people avoid panicking but they are announcing measures tomorrow to compensate people tomorrow for what sounds like mass quarantines.
The DANGER is already worse than all those other things you've listed. This HAS and is overwhelming all efforts to contain it everywhere in the world. This is a problem because it sickens a large percentage of people who end up needing hospital treatment. If it spreads like the flu (and all evidence is that it's more virulent than any flu) then our medical care system is going to be overwhelmed. The CDC says so on their website.
You have nailed it! ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’ is the media gospel. If it is not yet a crisis, they are sure they can get it hyped to that level with their propaganda methodology.