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Originally Posted by Jerm
It's coming, just a matter of when....
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Yup.
For the record I agree it needs to. We either stop the spread or people will lose more than businesses and bank accounts.
If people panic, riot, or loot you lose those things and more.
I live in a dogshit neighborhood that averaged a fatal shooting a month for the last two years. Last may the tornado hit and around 60-70% of the houses where I live were ruined. The people left were not great people.
I was worried the worst was inevitable. The next day we couldn't leave and the streets were blocked off. People walked around, shook hands, and I met neighbors that lived 5 houses down I hadn't met in 7 years. People shared water, smokes, snacks.
These weren't good people. Drug addicts, drunks, lifetime welfare parents that screamed at and then violently beat their kids. Life was forced to slow down though and given the option to hard reset I was shocked how everyone did. When given a chance to un-**** themselves they did and were human again. People were polite and charitable. I was amazed and I'll never forget it.
Now, a serious virus is much different than a tornado but we are all capable of being much more than we are right now. Everyone is worried but these types of events can also bring out the best in people...