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posted ago by anonsea13 ago by anonsea13 +61 / -0

Just as the question says.

Even from my corner of Southeast Asia, the media coverage (especially coming from overseas) has been 24/7 doom-and-gloom. Economies shut down, fears of Italy's seeming "demise' writ large, sustained panic...while hysteria hasn't happened, you have sections of the population that are just afraid, whether for their lives or their livelihoods. I'd imagine something similar, if not MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED in the US, as foreign coverage is almost non-stop "AMERICA IS DOOMED FUCK TRUMP RECESSION NO HOPE"

How do you respond to the Doomers seemingly "vindicated" by such fearmongering and the overall sense of pessimism being cultivated?

EDIT: Curiously enough, you also have the People's Republic of China doing its spin in trying to present itself as the generous "savior." Meanwhile, Japan and Taiwan's examples, as well as Singapore's, tend to be downplayed.

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anonsea13 [S] 3 points ago +4 / -1

As one German acquaintance put it, the doom and gloom is over digital numbers, all because of people not working. What happens when people are once more resuming something resembling normalcy?