Remember when the bad guys were soldier mooks in the real world? What the fuck is their goal?
Evan Brown
Hey hey hey Toonami General! Deep Space Radio here, with some tunes to help you make it through this next time slot, since there's nothing better to do. We've got some interesting stuff tonight. I don't know I expect you guys to like all of it, but it'll be something either way. So let's get into it.
First up we've got Scary Pockets/Scary Goldings with a somber piece called Chill Bill, and it lives up to the name. youtube.com/watch?v=4yg_XjYju_s Baby baby, that organ. This is a really good bluesy sorta jazzy thing that makes you feel like you're in some smokey 60s lounge. I'm telling you man, the stuff these guys have been putting out there has been peak atmoshpere. So dig on in, enjoy the groove.
The world is fucking falling apart. My country's government is fucking shutting down after the PM's wife got it, pretty much every major professional sports league has shut down. There's been artificial shortages of toilet paper as people panic and stock up. Every goddamn company you've ever given your email to has sent you an email about their response to it. Scumbags are profiting on the fear, selling miracle cure toothpastes or inflating the prices of their products to LUDICROUS levels. After the US president's "response", the stock market tanked to lows shattering even the crash in 1987.
So IS the novel Coronavirus, AKA COVID-19, REALLY that big a deal? Let's talk about it, and look at whether or not the world being set on fire is really necessary.
Americans want to yank the cool new AI from the nips for some reason
Brandon Davis
So to start off, calling it coronavirus is...well, a bit of an issue. There's other coronaviruses - LOTS of them. Many cause afflictions we're well familiar with, such as the common cold. Hell, other major outbreaks were Coronaviruses, notably SARS and MERS. Virus classifications are nifty, but easy to oversimplify, so I'm going to try and call it COVID-19 for this conversation.
What's important is that if you're infected, common symptoms include fever, cough/shortness of breath, a lot of phlegmy sneezes, and muscle aches. Much like you've likely heard in the news (when it's not fake news spreading panic), the disease is fairly minor in most people. In kids it's incredibly mild(and some research suggests they actually have LOWER infection rates despite being...you know, dirty kids), while 16-34 year old boomers like us might get knocked out for a few days, then be on our feet. No problem, really?...except no.
COVID-19 has been killing a LOT of people and hospitalizing many others, because not everyone has an amazing immune system. Much like how the measles is probably going to be minor in most people, but we still vaccinate for it. Why? Well, aside from the risk of complications and more serious issues with the 'normal' people...measles, and in this case, COVID, is dangerous as shit for the immunocompromised and the elderly.
Oh is this the episode about how to get a girl interested in becoming your wife?
Asher Sanders
I don't care about any of these characters. Also why the evil army retarded in the way they fight this war?
Why is SAO filled with bad writing? Eugeo can literally be brought back to life and fuck Alice.
Daniel Baker
Shut up, that's how.
Connor Adams
The outbreak is more evident of how greedy and materialistic people have become, and how easily manipulated the average modern citizen is, than the flu's own threat potential
Joshua Harris
>Sword and fist Post characters you want to see fist Kirito.
I mean yeah, it would be utter bullshit because, in theory, every quirk is at least a little different, but as it is things are barely hanging together.
Brayden Scott
I will myself to get hard every single time I look at Alice.
Christopher Price
Who that again?
Hudson Perez
As of today, COVID-19 has a fatality rate between 1 and 4%, with fatality rising exponentially as you get older. Some might say that 2% death means 98% heal...and that's true, but it is still a MASSIVE number. In comparison, seasonal influenza, which kills tens of thousands of people a year(80,000 in the USA last year alone), has a fatality rate of 0.1%. Again, this is averaging out and ignoring variables like age, but it's there. What this means is that COVID-19 is scary...but for most people, it's not worth locking down for a quarantine for.
The big thing, right now, is trying to stem the infection rate. Here in Canada, the ministry of health is predicting as many as 70% of people will be infected by it. This is why schools are shutting down, why flights are getting cancelled, and why sports games and conventions are being postponed: The more people gather in an area, the easier it is to transmit. After all, depending on age, symptoms can take WEEKS to present themselves, and all it takes is ONE person in a crowded arena sneezing, and suddenly half the crowd is exposed. So, is the response warranted? Well...I would say yes. Is the utter PANIC warranted? No. Unless you're immunocompromised or old, you don't need to quarantine yourself. Face masks will NOT keep you getting sick in public, and the ONLY REASON there's a toilet paper shortage is because so goddamn many people are stocking up that companies are having issues keeping up with the demand.
There's currently a vaccine being worked on, but due to how long it takes vaccines to be prepared and tested, it will be months, if not a full YEAR, before it's released.
>The demon forces have cute brown witches, pig waifu and these spunky red shonen protagonists. Damn I want them to win. They've got the better characters.
I think the issue is more that it's been at least 70 years since the majority of people in the west have had to deal with actual quarantines. Combine that with the advent of fake news being FAR easier to get at, and...you get the panic. yes