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Can Science Lead to Dumb Panic?
Townhall.com ^ | March 15, 2020 | Debra J. Saunders

Posted on 03/15/2020 6:22:49 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

Although the media has propensity to stir up stories to boost ratings, the problems with this virus are:

No tests widely available (yet).

Longer incubation period (14 days).

More infectious.

Specific medicine to get rid of it isn’t widely available (yet).

That is why areas without -reported- cases are reacting.


21 posted on 03/15/2020 7:30:18 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Kaslin

When running around in panic, does proper etiquette call for the arms to be raised or adducted?


22 posted on 03/15/2020 7:52:10 AM PDT by gasport (The dung beetle should be the symbol of the Democrat Party)
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To: sima_yi

If by science one means “scientific consensus” then absolutely it can. The scientific community drove the banning of cyclamates in the late sixties. It has been proven this was completely unnecessary and that cyclamates presented no risk as a carcinogen. There are plenty of examples of such overreaction based on “science.”


23 posted on 03/15/2020 8:34:14 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: AndyJackson

The meteorotic rise of infection in Iran is idiots showing their faith in their death God by licking the shrines.

In the end the virus will still spread, but turning a flu into a pandemic by overloading society so that it can not care for itself will also skyrocket the death rate.

Science does not kill but stupidity does, along with assuming that someone is not stupid because he works as a scientist.


24 posted on 03/15/2020 9:37:36 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: FreedomFtr

I agree....what the heck was Gates speaking about when he said he took part in computer sims of a pandemic spread of a “fictional corona virii’ spread originating from China? This was November. Can you smell the fumes of the Gaslighting globalists? Ohhhh it was just a coincidence....us chicken littles need our paranoia meds.../s

Gates and his wife made themselves persona non grata in Kenya for funding vaccines for various diseases like measles that many young ladies took. The vaccines were laced with some type of contraceptive that made many young women unable to conceive. This was back in the mid 2010’s and there were about 2-3 days of news stories( oooohhhh just a misunderstand, must have been bad batches...just a co-incidence, must be rampant STD’s causing the problem/s) then they buried the news and Gaslighting Gates got off scot free.


25 posted on 03/15/2020 12:54:35 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: trebb
the Science of Using Fear as a means of controlling a People

remember: it was the Jews fault for all of germany's troubles between the wars.


you can't have FEAR!!! without propaganda...

26 posted on 03/15/2020 5:45:10 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: AndyJackson

The spider web look is probably because few people live far from the main roads.


27 posted on 03/15/2020 5:47:01 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: gibsonguy
BINGO!

YES!


28 posted on 03/15/2020 5:47:55 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: RJS1950

AMEN!


29 posted on 03/15/2020 5:48:21 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: gasport

...does proper etiquette call for the arms to be raised or adducted?

30 posted on 03/15/2020 5:53:11 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Coronavirus triples in toxicity with every 0.1 ° centigrade increase in overall global average temperature!!

When the patient victim gets a temperature; it increases all the more!!

31 posted on 03/15/2020 5:57:35 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

So true...and our fear machine is running full tilt these days - kind of ironic that the ones who use it so effectively also supplement their efforts by telling us how the sane folks are fearmongers....just another thing to be fearful over....and it has become such a standard part of life that too many haven’t a clue of why they have so much angst, life is no longer precious, suicides and murders are up...it just feels so......normal.
God Bless you and yours.


32 posted on 03/16/2020 3:15:33 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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