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Re:The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only with Harsh Steps, Expe... by meddlepal on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:24AM (#22663334)
I don't think there is any malice, it's just ignorance. We're in uncharted territory here and people have no idea how to behave. Not to mention humans are social creatures and it's very much against our instincts to be shut-ins that don't interact.
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Re:The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only with Harsh Steps, Expe... by h_r on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:35AM (#22663427)
What... what?! You think that

| ...those people recorded while spreading their spit all over a train cart.

are simply acting in ignorance because they have no idea how to behave?

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Re:The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only with Harsh Steps, Expe... by meddlepal on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:51AM (#22663568)
Oh I misunderstood, yes some people vwant too see the world burn or alternatively they don't understand the gravity of the situation and the potential harm to themselves or others.
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Re:The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only with Harsh Steps, Expe... by jkachmar on Monday March 23, 2020 @02:42PM (#22667210)
> We’re in uncharted territory here [...]

Small point of disagreement on this one. There may not be a 1:1 correspondence between what’s happening now and any exact historical event, but I would have hoped that traditionally Western nations would have studied countries affected by SARS (et al.) and learned from their successes/failures.

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