Originally Posted by Raime

These kinds of people make me wish to be killed in a freak accident so I don't have to deal with their stupid bull**** anymore. I may be dumb, but I know when to listen to doctors, scientists, and people in general that are actually educated on subject matters. That's one thing I'll never get, why does Billy Joe think he knows more than a doctor when he probably can't even tell the difference between Advil and Bleach?

Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

In regards to coronavirus, I agree with you - people are being irrational.

In other circumstances though, it's definitely wise to be skeptical of doctors or at least get second opinions from other doctors. There's a set of bad incentives in the healthcare industry and some doctors are all too eager to prescribe you things when alternative solutions that don't involve drugs are available and viable.

Originally Posted by Exo

What does this have to do with a respiratory virus that has affected every country on the planet?

Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Nothing at all. I admittedly went off on a non-covid related tangent.

Originally Posted by Exo

Fair enough.

Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Has it affected every country at this point? I thought some, like Turkmenistan and the Marshall Islands still didn't have any confirmed cases? I mean, not that it really matters - it's basically affected every country and likely will if there are any holdouts.