It is quite clear you do not believe in the greatness of America. I believe in two things, if there is a horrendous epidemic, America will figure it our. Always have, always will. We will take care of our own, and you have clearly lost the individual ruggedness we used to have.
I also have faith that God our Father is in control. Recalling the words of the good book: All things work together for the Glory of God. Even if this is an attack from the powers and principalities that wage war above us everyday, I am rested assured that those powers of evil cannot and will not prevail.
Recall that the greatest Lutheran Hymn of all time — A mighty fortress is our God — was written during the plague.
Doc, you must know that there’s a large segment of FRee Republic that are clinical paranoiacs. Certifiable. Throw in with them the everyday germophobes and hypochondriacs, and you wind up with these loons posting nonsense nonstop.
They’ve live all their lives waiting for this moment. This is it, the apocalypse. It validates their warped worldview, and it’s an opportunity for them to lecture all us unwashed who don’t sit in bunkers with loaded guns awaiting The End. Anyone who won’t subscribe to the hysteria are “deniers.”
I call them the Howard Hughes wing of FRee Republic.
What BS. We have greatness because we act, not because we stick our head in the sand as you are doing, we, many of us still have individual ruggedness, which you apparently lack. Are you prepared, have you prepared? Are you upset at calls for others to prepare? Do you think it is okay to wait until sick to then expect others to provide for you? Will you be one feeling entitled to treatment or happy to sit in an overcrowded facility? Will you be one of the ones begging for food because you are too sick to go to the store and don't have enough food at home? Are you telling your friends and family to just ignore it all and go through your day without a thought or preparation?
I'd rather have people around serious about things, preparing for things, being prepared, etc., than ones with their heads in the sand, or heads up their a55e5 dismissing anyone that might want to do something or ask about it all. Ignorance may be bliss to you, but if things do progress as they did in China and Italy, let's see how you feel about it when it becomes personal.