Right on! I have had to remove myself from reading freepers comments, I thought OMG!!!! I can’t believe how people have blindly followed & jumped in the mass hysteria,panic & fear line! Unbelievable the stupidity. NEVER has our whole country been brought down knowingly & willingly by Governors with absolutely no lawful authority, to close private businesses & demand “shelter in place” without Martial Law!!!!!! This has been based on a model!!!!!!!
The media here is, if anything, even more hostile toward President Trump (and American in general) than the MSM. And like the MSM they will use any and all possible news to sell papers, get views or clicks. If they can bash America in the process all the better.
Over the years I have seen the traditional MSM pull this game but Germans seem to be divided into three camps (much like in the US). Those that will latch onto anything that pulls down Trump and America, those that believe American is a friend (but generally remain silent) and the vast majority that just want to get on with life.
The big “wild-card” this time around is “social-media”. I have watched in ‘real time’ the panic spread through our community. As someone wrote elsewhere ‘if it was on Facebook it must be true’!
So IMHO we have taken what is another version of the seasonal flu and turned it into a “Jewish bra” (ask me if you don't understand). For many it is panic and rational thought or attempts to discuss the facts are completely lost.
And for what? In the last ten or so days a total of under 400 deaths. Now if you realize that in 2015 Germany had an average annual death count of a bit over 925,000 or 2,500 PER DAY somehow this all gets lost in the clutter.
Sorry to rant, but, I am almost done. . . Always looking for a silver lining in any dark cloud I see the following positive outcomes when this blows over and folks realize they have been stampeded for political purposes.
- Kids will be excited about going to school
- Parents will appreciate their jobs outside the home
- Spouses that have chosen to give up a career to care for the home and children will receive the respect they have always deserved from society.
- Many will recognize “Climate Change / Global Warming / Nuclear Winter” for the agenda it is and this hoax will be understood for what it is.
- And, in 9 months there will be a baby boom. In 2033 we will see this reflected when we see the rise of the QUARANTEENS!