oh haha it’s so fun to read these necroed threads in hindsight...
and yeah, @jacob keeps winning the office pool
Funny. I stand 100% behind everything I said in this tread.Alphaville wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:05 amoh haha it’s so fun to read these necroed threads in hindsight...
Ego wrote: ↑Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:58 pmIn the past I would probably have shut up and shrugged. I may have even played along for the fun of a mental exercise. But I've come to realize that it is harmful to indulge the fear in those who are prone to it. Harmful for them and harmful for all of us. It is like a contagious disease. The contagion of fear builds when we indulge it.
And that fear itself causes real, actual problems.
it’s funny how it took life 3 years to answer that question eh?
This isn’t rocket science. Before the pandemic I dug this out of my late mom’s junk pile. It is a consumable and you find these at thrift stores. The tubes of albuterol are prescription drugs but I think @Ego found some at a swap meet.
often ufairly labeled as paranoid, chicken little, conspiracy nut, etc.
There was some discussion in the Anyone prepping for Corona? thread.white belt wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:29 pmFor you food storage pros out there, how do you decide when to start to draw down your supplies vs when to continue to stockpile things?
No one would label Laurie Garrett or Michael Osterholm that way, and reading only one book written by either of them would have clued someone in to the potential for a pandemic.Alphaville wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:24 amoften ufairly labeled as paranoid, chicken little, conspiracy nut, etc.
YES. this is a great approach.jennypenny wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:39 am
I think the important thing wrt unknown unknowns (whether covid counts or not) is that regardless of the circumstance, you know that you need to eat, drink, have shelter, etc. Those are your personal 'knowns', if you will. If you have health issues that require accommodations, that's another known. If you'll have to care for other family members, that's another known. etc etc
yes, but one’s theory of the world can be formed by a mistaken assumption for example that these capable people are at the center of things. i.e., “i don’t have to worry personally about a pandemic because the experts will take care of it like they did with ebola”.jennypenny wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:45 amNo one would label Laurie Garrett or Michael Osterholm that way, and reading only one book written by either of them would have clued someone in to the potential for a pandemic.
and yet these people are often ignored
It's dangerous to rationalize ignorance. Are there quacks? Sure, but the bona fides of Garrett and Osterholm speak for themselves. The same is true in many other fields.