I don’t think the intention was to compare it to a pandemic in terms of negative effect on society. I think the intention was purely to underscore how a small number of people were talking about something brewing in China.. and within a very short amount of time the entire world was affected.. the comparison is only about the timeline and how rapidly it changed things for “the common man”.
I’ve been on a bit of a kick the last few hours…
… there’s other scarier stuff in my recent history I might clear before heading to sleep.. nothing fum, just more doom-holing.. it’s kind of like doom-scrolling but instead it’s me just flat out rocketing down different rabbit holes that all lead to existential dread.