I fucking hate the coronavirus. Specifically society’s reaction to it. Here we are in the 21st century, dealing with numerous threats to humanity (the ai singularity, climate change, suicidal rates above the roof, mental health problems, obesity..etc. and most shockingly to this day people die of poverty, malnutrition and even the flu (56,000 a year)- something that shouldn’t be happening in today’s world and it’s all because of our inaction). And suddenly a coronavirus appears (which is said to be even less dangerous to the individual than SARS, which btw only killed 774 people) and authorities go through necessary actions to prevent the spread of this coronavirus ( 1 person infects 14 people on average, so even if the COVID-19 kills only people with an impaired immune system (which it does: the virus has only a 1% lethality rate (ebola had a 90% death rate)), even if it only kills 1% of the people with the coronavirus, but the whole world gets infected that would still be 70 million people dead (almost 3x the people who died from the black plague in the 13th century). So props to the authorities for taking serious measures and quarantine. What triggers me is society’s reaction. EVERYONE is afraid. And not in a good way, but in a selfish one. People are afraid of catching the coronavirus (although it’s basically pneumonia and they have a 99% chance of not dying, even 100% if they are between the ages 8-50 and live in the west). THE CORONAVIRUS IS A THREAT TO HUMANITY. And I hate seeing people worry about it and follow the latest news about it, because most of these people do not care about humanity, they do not care about the ai revolution or mental health decline and the 23908259020 of HUMANITY, they just care about themselves, they just do not want to get sick. I guess that is a good thing, because not getting sick is the best way to STOP the coronavirus from spreading (not infecting 14 people who will then infect 14 more…etc.), but GOOOD do people not do this deliberately, they are not even aware of this fact, they are neither aware of the fact that the coronavirus is SIMPLE pneumonia. This only shows how ignorant and selfish people are, but also how empty and in need for something interesting to be happening in their PERSONAL lives, so they all of a sudden care about humanity, but in reality only care about themselves….This says a lot about society…