[ExI] unjustified pessimism

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Tue Aug 18 22:27:13 UTC 2020


On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 22:57, spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> Utterly contrary to easily-available reliable data, the unwashed masses have expressed completely unfounded pessimism.
>
> These are recent results from Gallup polls:
> https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/308126/roundup-gallup-covid-coverage.aspx
>
> This site very clearly and credibly refutes the notion that the covid situation is getting worse:
>
> https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
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> spike
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When the public say the covid situation is getting worse they are not
just counting new cases or deaths.
They are looking at jobs lost, queues at food banks, businesses
closed, mask wearing, fear of going near other people, no recovery to
what life used to be like, etc. Many people are struggling to survive
in this new environment. No wonder they're getting depressed.


BillK


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