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the symptoms are flu-like but IT IS NOT THE FLU. there are all sorts of symptoms and syndromes that can present nearly the same but be caused by totally different sources. that is incredibly superficial comparison to make. yes, as you point out, it's very new and different. different from the flu by the second-biggest taxonomic level group that viruses can belong to. the difference is both qualitative and quantitative. a 10x more lethal flu season, where it really gets everywhere because there is no herd immunity, vaccine or even widespread testing, on top of everything else, with a shitty system like ours, is potentially a big enough wave to capsize the u.s. healthcare system which more than any other, really, revolves around extracting profit from individual patients more than attending the health of the collective body. and a lot of very powerful people have been trying to wave it off as no big deal, both political parties, until the past few days - so it's disappointing to see so called radicals saying the same bullshit and thinking they're so clever for it. all medical advice said to postpone the primaries, but no...

and no, the chinese measures have not been mere posturing. where do you even get an idea like that?? they strictly quarantined 60 million people, banned travel, built new hospitals, started manufacturing protective gear, started taking people's temperature everywhere...you know, shit that a centralized, socialist govt can do. and yes, EVEN SO, the virus is still spreading there but slower - there have been more deaths in italy at this point... but how do you think it will go here where nothing remotely of the sort has been done? the virus is spreading faster in the u.s. and accelerating. a huge proportion of the population is not taking it seriously at all. this is exactly where italy was 1-2 weeks ago and now the whole country is locked down. we are very likely next.

this is not a drill. this is not a time to play clever anarcho theory games that make you feel smarter than all the dummies around you. this is really happening. i hope you will all make good choices.