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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by afiori on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:41AM (#22534336)
I would say that the biggest threat is a dichotomy fallacy. Just because an extreme is wrong it does not mean that the other is right.

This should be taken seriously and people should put effort into prevention, but honestly I would prefer calling upon people's sense of civic duty rather than panic.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by pfdietz on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @07:40AM (#22534564)
At this point, if we're not seeing at least some panic we're doing it wrong. The level of warning has to be such that the most skittish elements of society are freaked out, otherwise the average person will not be taking it seriously enough.
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