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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by rubidium on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:12AM (#22404628)
Because smoking has been in the headlines, but it's not news anymore that it's killing so many. The editor of that newspaper would get fired for making that a headline everyday.

It is news that there's a new flu-like virus emerging, spreading, and having a relatively high rate of mortality.

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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by bryanrasmussen on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:34AM (#22405519)
People also discount things that will probably kill them decades from now in a horrible way if they don't change their behavior instead of things that will maybe kill them weeks from now in a horrible way if they're unlucky.
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