Well, some people are afraid. For this kind of thing, it preys on their mind.
If you spend any time on FR late at night, FR seems to explode with Freepers who think we are all gonna die. One night, I counted them up, and the virus threads were 50-60% of the threads.
As a paying member, it made me angry because there are other things going on in the world, but after a while, I realized they are just afraid and I feel a degree of sympathy for them. They are vulnerable to the war the Media is waging.
They are psychological casualties, which is what the Media is working at.
Currently, there are very few threads on FR I can stand to read. Corona virus and others. The freaking out doom/n/gloomers are legion. There are several types.
1. Ignorant and believe Fake Media
2. Psychologically tweaked and wedded to “all is lost/we’re doomed” whatever the topic
3. Shills wantint to sow defeatism, hopelessness and fear