The Coronavirus is very serious but not for the reason most people think it is. Unlike Ebola, which has a mortality rate of nearly 100%, the Coronavirus has a mortality rate of less than 2%, perhaps even much less. Despite this and despite the fact that not one American has died from the virus yet, there is widespread panic among the American people. Why is this? One would think that we are experiencing a biblical plague like Egypt did in the days of Moses, but we are not.
The Coronavirus isn’t even close to being medically catastrophic; yet it is powerful enough to cause the collapse of our stock markets. Could news of the flu do this? No, it couldn’t, but the Coronavirus is being marketed like it is the Black Plague of the Middle Ages. The fear of the unknown is why our problem is so serious.
Militarily, we are not vulnerable to being attacked effectively. By any standard of measurement, including a cyberattack, our nation is very well prepared. With the introduction of the Coronavirus, however, it is obvious that we are totally vulnerable to a biological attack. Although the Coronavirus is probably not a purposeful attack by the Chinese, it demonstrates how vulnerable we are to a sightless virus. We have detection systems for ICBMs that go a long way toward making us safe, but we are ill-prepared to deal with even a small biological attack.
Our medical preparations far exceed our ability to address a pathogen like the Coronavirus effectively from a messaging perspective. Because the Left sees an advantage, their goal is to “get Trump” by hyping the dangers of the Coronavirus. Because fear and panic work to their benefit, they are willing to destroy our economy and our peace of mind just to regain power, patrons of Evil that they are.
If we were prepared, which we need to be, our stock markets would not have crashed based on fear alone. After all, not one American has died from Coronavirus but, from our national reaction, you would think that the Apocalypse was upon us. It is not and we need to stop acting like it is.
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