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This feels like a giant game of "I can't wait to say 'I told you so!'" by many different factions. The HeadInTheSand GOP, the Apocalyptic Left, the panicked middle (/r/coronavirus). Everyone except health professionals.

Competitive Schadenfreude.

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It would be better if the parties that were proved wrong could show some generosity to admit they were wrong, apologize and give some indication that, given the magnitude of this event, they would be more willing to swallow their pride and listen to others in the future.

Unfortunately _that_ seems to be off the table. So what if the counterparty wants to taunt them a little? Maybe it's rude but at least they're not killing people.

I don't think any group in this country is mature enough not to operate with pride at all, but it's amazing how far some people will go to avoid admitting fault.

While we are in the middle of an apocalypse, you're name calling the people who predicted it.

I sincerely hope that one of the side effects of this crisis would be more acceptance towards science.

I name-called the "health professionals"? Help me out: what do they like to be called?

I have so many friends that seem to be just reveling in the pandemic. If someone posts a picture of themselves anywhere but on their couch they comment "STAY HOME!" and they do nothing but post memes about how people aren't staying inside or how everyone needs to wash their hands. Any good news is met with extreme skepticism but any bad news is treated as absolute truth.

It's literally all they do anymore and I just can't imagine living my life so negatively.

It gets worse. People post memes when reading about numbers. Then those numbers turn into names of famous people, and finally names of people you directly know, and memes stop being funny.

> the panicked middle (/r/coronavirus)

The Panicked Middle leans heavily towards the Apocalyptic Left.

That's why there are right wing governments in the US, the UK and many other countries.

Stay off the political drugs. They're not good for you.

Loving the term "the Apocalyptic Left"

"Health professionals" are just another interest group filled with leftist fools, total Dunning Kruger effect going in most quarters there. In my Biostats courses at UNC I ran into the same personality type over and over and over again. I get that they're well-intentioned, but they're too proud to know what they don't know.

We'll get through this, regardless. Plenty of brilliant minds coming to the fore right now.

We'll get through this, regardless. Plenty of brilliant minds coming to the fore right now.

When the going gets though, the tough get going. This is really what you will see in the near future.

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