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Re:Millions of credit-card customers can’t pay their bills by clairity on Saturday April 25, 2020 @03:18PM (#22980568)
> "People are staying home because they're scared of dying. You don't fix that by changing the closure rules. You can only fix that by addressing the actual pandemic."

no, that fear and panic was induced by a combination of political and media fervor where overstating the problem gives them more power, attention, esteem and stature. so taking away that frenzy could also reduce the fear and panic.

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Re:Millions of credit-card customers can’t pay their bills by fzeroracer on Saturday April 25, 2020 @04:27PM (#22981166)
Really? Because everything I've seen from the media has massively understated how dangerous the virus is, while medical professionals and people actively dealing with this on the front lines are horrified.
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Re:Millions of credit-card customers can’t pay their bills by dboreham on Saturday April 25, 2020 @04:11PM (#22981037)
To be honest I didn't see any of that. I saw considerable media coverage underplaying the severity of the risk.
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