Boom Times For Doomsday

Guest Post by The Zman

Imagine a variant of the flu that is four or five times more lethal than the common flu and it is spreading quickly. The experts are not sure exactly how lethal this new flu variant will be, other than it will be considerably worse than the common flu that hits every fall and winter. Further, they are unsure of the origin or how to combat it with drugs and therapeutics. Before long, it is a serious problem. This new influenza is a pandemic spreading rapidly all over the world.

Now, you don’t have to imagine it, because you lived through it. The Swine Flu pandemic of 2009 infected about a billion people worldwide, according to most estimates. As is always the case with these things, the number of infected is always a best guess, as many are infected but are never confirmed. The death toll is a little easier to grasp, as it is hard to ignore a corpse, but many flu deaths are classed as other things. It probably killed half a million people.

The salient thing about the Swine Flu epidemic is that no one remembers it, until someone mentions it. Even then, most people probably think it killed pigs. While it caused lots of disruption and killed up to half a million people, most people did not notice it. No one remembers the SARS outbreak, which was way back in the dark ages of 2002 or the MERS pandemic in 2012. Both of those were much more lethal than the current virus spreading around the globe.

This is a good thing to keep in mind when watching the panic ensue on-line and in the mass media. While these virus pandemics are serious, they are not uncommon and they don’t usher in the end times. Human society is actually quite resilient to these sorts of pestilences. Sure, it is very serious, but it not the plague. That was many times worse than the worst case scenario for the Covid-19 pandemic. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe’s population.

The Covid-19 pandemic is serious, especially if you are very old or have respiratory issues or you smoke. Like the common flu, the most vulnerable are always those with the weakest immune systems. For everyone else, the risk drops considerably, as our immune systems can fight off the virus. As was true of SARS and MERS, the spread of these potent strains of flu tend to stall with public awareness. We don’t give ourselves any credit for reacting sensibly to these things.

A big difference this time, of course, is the political situation. In 2002, when SARS appeared, the Left was wrapped up in anti-war hysteria. When MERS appeared in 2012, the sainted Obama was on the throne. Now, the evil Orange Man and his Russian handlers are wrecking our democracy, so the Left is going all in on the Yellow Panic, hoping to make this his Katrina. This is magnifying the normal racket that comes from Doomsday Inc., whenever there is a scare like this.

Of course, this is a boom time for Doomsday Inc. There used to be an old joke about these guys in the financial world. The line was, “the bears have predicted 10 of the last two market crashes.” It is a variant on the old line about a stopped clock being right twice a day. For Doomsday Inc., all signs always point to the great calamity they are sure is right around the corner. Past performance, of course, is never an indication of future events. This time it is different.

It says something about modern times that a significant portion of the public thinks the whole thing will come crashing down at any moment. The evidence is strongly against that view. Just a decade ago the financial system faced the greatest threat since the 1929 market crash. The mortgage meltdown was supposed to be the big one, but it was not the big one after all. The Y2k scare was another boom time for the doomsday business, something similar to what we see now.

Doomsday Inc. seems to feed on a sense of detachment many feel toward modernity and its consequences for society. There’s fellowship in telling scary stories about the looming disaster. It feels good to be scared. In fact, one feels most alive when scared, so that’s part of the rush these people get from indulging in these fantasies. It’s like playing a live action video game. The doomsday enthusiast gets the exhilaration of being in real danger, without actually being in danger.

In fairness, the doomsday fan spawns an on-line adversary that gets a similar emotional rush from these events. The dismissive cynic relished these times, because he gets to pretend to be the cool, level-headed guy when everyone is panicking. These guys show up in comment sections and in response to twitter posts. They take pleasure in telling the doomsday types that they are a bunch of hysterical sissies. These are great times for the dismissive cynic. It’s their time to shine too.

There is third type that comes out at these times. This is the person, who is sure everyone is panicking except him and everyone they know. There’s an urban myth quality to him. “My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw people in hazmat suits down at Costco buying all the water.” He would never panic like that, but he is sure everyone else is ready to go bonkers.

What ties all of these types together is a sense that the current arrangements are simply too fragile to last much longer. Something is going to pull the wrong peg out of the pile. Like the kid’s game, the pile will collapse. Maybe it will be a collapse, maybe a panic that causes a collapse or maybe just a panic that unleashes the stupid on the rest of society, which in turns causes a crash. Somehow, someway, the stupidity of mankind will overrun the system and we reach the end times.

None of this panic, counter panic and so on should diminish the reality of this Covid-19 virus that is turning up all over the West. So far, it looks to be much more serious than Swine Flu, which killed a lot of people. Those in poor health or with pulmonary issues should exercise extreme caution. This is especially true if you have old and frail people in your life. You could have the virus and not know it, so assume you have the flu when around older people or people in poor health.

Part of that caution is avoiding the scare mongers, who relish these times. They can be quite convincing. What most people are going to experience from this is inconvenience, things like cancelled events or an extra hassle when traveling. There is a great swath of area between the scare mongers and the smugly indifferent. That is the zone of prudence, where sensible people take steps to deal with what is a serious issue. In these sorts of crises, the prudent shall inherit the earth.

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Hyperborean
Hyperborean

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Bat Soup Virus – 0.0073 US deaths / 100,000 population

This is what has the world paralyzed, folks. We have transformed into a nation of pussies. Afraid of the dark, monsters under the bed, can’t sleep with the closet door ajar.

And, we all have television to thank for that. TV, the true Weapon of Mass Deception.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Bat Soup Virus – 0.0073 US deaths / 100,000 population

If we sucked at math as badly as you do, we’d be complacent too.

To put it in perspective, SARS Plus™ would rate at least 3500 on your chart.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug

The problem with Western white men, if we are to ignore the emasculation, is the absurd value they place on all human life. There will be no reciprocity.

Hyperborean
Hyperborean

US population – 327,000,000 (appx)
US bat soup virus deaths – 24 (appx)
327,000,000 / 100,000 * 0.0073 = 24 US deaths

Generally one does not technically prove math wrong with mean words. Show your calculations.

Anonymous
Anonymous

You did it completely wrong, and you have no idea why.

You’re not calculating the rate, because you’re using the wrong population.

Hyperborean
Hyperborean

Show your calculations, don’t just cast aspersions.

22winmag - TBP's Corona-Hoax Investigator

+1

The Great Corona-Hoax of 2020.

To be remixed and remastered in time for November.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

“Part of the caution is avoiding these scare mongers, they can be quite convincing at times”.

oldtimer505
oldtimer505

The hand held propaganda phone has given these butt heads the real leg up. They reach nearly everyone at the same time with with news that is tailor cut to the individuals general profile. I am ready to go back to the dial telephone.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

O.T.
Dial phones didn’t have screens either. Last year I was traveling and stopped for supper and this couple was having what appeared to be a romantic night out except that their faces were buried in their phones. Reminded me of that old Spike Jones song about “Get yourself a shovel and dig yourself a hole, cuz there’s no romance in your soul.

Anonymous
Anonymous

” I am ready to go back to the dial telephone.” Meeee toooo! I remember when we got a phone that you could move around with. That there was high liv’n.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Missing the big picture here. The virus is just the match to the fuse. The virus is serious enough to cause financial concern and that’s all it took. The crash of the world economy is going to be the real death plague.

Dan
Dan

You’re right, but the fake financialized centrally-planned crony-enriching economy we have now is what’s sick. Getting better sometimes means taking some nasty medicine.

Glock-N-Load

Why does Mr. Gloomy seem to always be smiling?
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Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

Looks like Marc Faber. If it is it’s because he a happy friendly sort of guy. He’s just gloomy in some of his prognostications.

Glock-N-Load

Yes, that be Mr. Faber.

Uncoola
Uncoola

I thought I saw some hazmat suits in a grocery store and tire shop earlier, but it turned out they were only displays of the Pillsbury Doughboy plus the Stay Puff Marshmallow and Michelin Men.

Infectious Disease Expert Warns of the Consequences of Needless Coronavirus Panic

I’m a doctor and an Infectious Diseases Specialist. I’ve been at this for more than 20 years seeing sick patients on a daily basis. I have worked in inner city hospitals and in the poorest slums of Africa. HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis,TB, SARS, Measles, Shingles, Whooping cough, Diphtheria…there is little I haven’t been exposed to in my profession. And with notable exception of SARS, very little has left me feeling vulnerable, overwhelmed or downright scared.

I am not scared of Covid-19. I am concerned about the implications of a novel infectious agent that has spread the world over and continues to find new footholds in different soil. I am rightly concerned for the welfare of those who are elderly, in frail health or disenfranchised who stand to suffer mostly, and disproportionately, at the hands of this new scourge. But I am not scared of Covid-19.

What I am scared about is the loss of reason and wave of fear that has induced the masses of society into a spellbinding spiral of panic…

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

Exactly. There was an earlier ZH headline about how panic has set in at the stores. Duh. They made damn sure it happened too.

Anonymous
Anonymous

ZH is still at it today.

This headline:

Scientists Warn About Dangerous “Tipping Point” Where Covid-19 Goes From Mild To Deadly

From this sentence:

researchers have identified a “tipping point” at which the virus goes from dangerous to deadly in extremely susceptible patients.

(emph. mine)

FearPorn Clickbait is all it is now.
Enough to make me think back and wonder which opinions I hold came from reading ZH articles.

I bet they ‘bought the dip’.

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

Anon.
Thinking the same thing. As if they’re playing top this with Rachel Madcow.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug

On matters secular the other Dan is quite perspicacious. I never trust public dip. I do loose flavor that way.

22winmag - TBP's bloviating Yankee Mormon

Corona-Hoax 2020

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Anonymous
Anonymous

As i sit on the throne reading this in my hotel my biggest fear is having enough courage to make sure i have enough toilet paper….whew. I do. Hey, maybe i will take the spare roll home! Not that i am in a panic or anything. Geez….

gatsby1219
gatsby1219

You were warned….
3880
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20 Feb 2020 – 8:59:58 PM
Anonymous
20 Feb 2020 – 8:53:44 PM
>>8200590
They fear an awake public. Each Q Proof proves our strength too. Thank you, Q and Q+!
>>8200718
You have come far, Anons (Patriots).
You are ready.
Prepare for the storm.
Q

Freddy Uranus
Freddy Uranus

Wait! What??? There’s a Q and a Q+???? What’s next. A Q tip?

Coalclinker
Coalclinker

Everything that comes out of a MSM organ of the imperial deep state has been proven to be lies most of the time. Since they are the ones harking about a virus-imposed impending doom, I take it for a grain of salt. I won’t believe any of it until I’m driving down the highway and see dead people laying out in the yards of their residences. Now if you want to talk about a real pandemic, consider the Flu Epidemic of 1918. My grandmother was a witness of it, for when she and her family moved from Logan, WV, to Ashland, KY, by rail on November 11, 1918, she said they saw dead people in the yards of their houses all of the way there.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Just planning for uncertainties, like usual.

BUCKHED
BUCKHED

Like I said before who knows what lies ahead. But in all of the listed “Pandemics ” not one shut down entire countries. Does anyone think that China would wreck their economy over a tiny thing like Covid-19 ?

Turkey season starts Saturday . I’ll worry about this thing after May the 5th .

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug

Seriously? Let’s suppose you are the Chi-Coms and you want to kill thousands of dissidents and take back control. And let’s say you are the NWO types, and you want to expand bureaucracy and control people through fear and condition the masses to depend on The System. You can’t see the obvious marriage? The social experiment for the NWO gives perfect killing cover for the Chi-Coms, who win no matter how the experiment goes. It does not matter whether the disease was intentionally released or the product of mother nature. People with power wants da power. Would the elites wreck the economy to maintain control? They do not wreck their own economy. You think they loose their luxury apartments from this? Do you think men in white suits can disinfect the great fucking outdoors?! Fucking seriously!

ASIG
ASIG

Read this and see if you can continue with this “it’s just a bad flu”.

Testimony of a surgeon working in Bergamo, in the heart of Italy’s coronavirus outbreak from medicine

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug

Yup, it’s a killer’s killer. I sympathize. Living and working in an Italian hospital is not where you see healthy people on a day to day basis. What should we do then? If we soon will die, should we spend our final days worrying about it to the exclusion of all else? This is our mortal coil. If you have actionable advice, let’s hear it. As for me, I have better things to do, like being less miserable. I’ll be more miserable when I’m dying from COVID-19, and I’m in no hurry

22winmag - TBP's bloviating Yankee Mormon

Good grief.

Reddit?

Corona-hoax is in full swing.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug

“There is a great swath of area between the scare mongers and the smugly indifferent.”

Some great swath. Assume you are infected before getting close to frail people. A well-reasoned post until that point. I call BS, as in virtue signalling. Muh better than thou.

AL Tru
AL Tru

Even DARPA has halted the development of the Death Star to find a cure.

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