When disney closed without being ordered to, that convinced me that this is a serious threat...... it has to be for a darn good reason.
Tom,do you think it’s a hoax? I just saw California is under state lockdown,is that true?
Jim & butcher : So let me see if I understand this correctly : a "lockdown" validates that it's not a hoax, right ? But don't rule out that a "lockdown" could merely be the result of
"crowds draw crowds" psychology too. Right ?
Example : I know someone who saw that no one was going to the favorite restaurant right-down the street from his house. Because he passed by, and saw almost no-cars in the parking lot. So guess what follows next ? : That just furthered his resolve to figure
"something must therefore be going on", and
"I'm therefore not going to that restaurant". Ok, sure, but don't you see the "crowds draw crowds" psychology right-at-work in that very example ? Because by my friend not going there, then .... presto, one less car in the parking lot, and all-the-more that passerbys likewise follow-suit. It just a self-fulfilling loop. See ?
Another example: The store shelves being depleted of toilet paper : Same "crowds draw crowds" psychology at work : The moment anyone hears of a
"run on toilet-paper at the market", guess what they're going to do ? RUSH OUT AND BUY UP ALL THE TOILET PAPER THEY CAN.
Hence merely contributing to the
same vicious circle that caused them to buy it .... IN THE FIRST PLACE.
All of this is NOT to say that something might-not-be-serious. It's only to say that the "hysteria" doesn't, of-itself, prove that "something is up". Because as I've outlined here : Hysteria can merely be the result of crowds-draw-crowds psychology. And the "links lead to links" psychology.
You know, we are quite tolerant here, but your continued conspiracy theories and denials of the facts because of lack of satisfactory proof (to you) are stretching our tolerance limits. I beg you, don't push our limits further, lest we are forced to take action.
Rudy, I respect your job as moderator, to make this a great forum. But in the case of olds-junkie's input on this topic : His stance is no more to-be-accused of being a "conspiracy theory", than the alternative stance could likewise be labeled "conspiracy" theory either.