Saying today that we shouldn't be worried about the coronavirus outbreak because the flu kills many more people every year is like saying on 9/11/2001 after one plane hit that we shouldn't be worried about terrorism because more people die from airplane mechanical failure.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Extending the simile to the Patriot Act and (at a minimum) Iraq War also shows that a big problem doesn’t mean every solution is the right one
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Replying to @davidgshort
Clever counterpoint! However, the Patriot Act and Iraq War equivalent for the coronavirus would be permanent government access to all US citizens' medical records and bombing Mongolia because it's next door to China.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
I don’t think the medical records access is at all a stretch from what could happen in a authoritarian mobilization against a virus
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