Do you know what's going on? Tell me. Even the WHO has no single idea what this virus is and what it can do. Look what it has reached in 3 days.
And the media isn't overrating this. The WHO said this has pandemic potential and looking at the timeline shows they are absolutely right.
I don't see anyone who's acting paranoid here. Just concerned people and that's normal in this situation.
I just find it funny that many people's got their facts wrong (post above this one) and how some react as if this was already a pandemic. Yes, we've got to take care and take
preventive measures. An hour ago, I was evacuated from my school, like every other student in the country, until we resume classes on May 7th. That doesn't mean there is a single confirmed case in my state, suffice to say, the biggest state in the country. It also doesn't mean I can wander around and pretend nothing is happening. I am concerned about this.
Yes, it has pandemic potential. But the media will always take advantage of these situations even if they're of such nature. I may have worded it wrong, but people don't need to be misleaded by statements like premature comparisons to past pandemics (post
#14); it's not only PC where I see people getting their facts wrong, reciting outrageous death tolls, and expecting even worse.
I get my facts from two relatives, both doctors, one here and one in the south, on one of the areas of greater alarm as of now. Sadly, there are a lot of infected people, but from the totals estimated by the media, roughly the half has been confirmed to actually have it.
And I base my opinion on the fact that I'm currently studying communications and media, as well. Sadly, many times that is how it works.
