This is not to dismiss the lives lost as this virus took shape. Neither is this a diatribe to feign ignorance. However, in the scope of all the numbers we have seen surrounding this new “emergency,” it will behoove us to pause for a moment, take a breath, and recognize a few things pushed upon us. With anything that could cause harm, no one should throw caution to the wind. So, please do not feel it necessary to lick all the door knobs and toilet seats.

The click baity title was purposeful so you the reader will click and read it. Most will have a visceral response just from reading such a title. They will try and argue with this article and in doing so one of two things will have happened. One, they will click off and be enraged. Tweets to New Right Network will follow claiming NRN is denying this virus to be a virus.

This will prove they are nothing more than a liberal cloaked in the veil of the MAGA movement. Or two, and this is the more sensible approach, recognize the visceral response to this clickbait title was just a ploy to get them to read it. Thus, these readers have put a leash on their emotions, let logic take over, and have begun to proceed to read. You all will have done everyone a favor by recognizing the individual talking or acting is the only one to be held responsible.

COVID-19 Numbers and the Abnormal Responses

Between all the officials from politicians, leaders, journos, and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the numbers on a global scale are in. Frankly, compared to H1N1, this is a cakewalk. Death tolls in various countries such as the United States, South Korea, Russia, Japan, and Australia are ranking less than 1% of the documented contractions. South Korea, Singapore, Russia, and Japan have all past the peak of the infection cycle and are virtually COVID-19 free. According to figures by the World Health Organization, there are about 14,000 confirmed cases of infections, 5,111 deaths with varying degrees of numbers as certain countries (pssst China and Iran) might be hiding their death count. In the US, there are 3,244 confirmed cases of infection with only 61 deaths as of March 15, 2020.

The hype is definitely real and yet, here we sit in our properly functioning homes. The plumbing is in working order, our gas stoves and ranges can still cook our Instant Ramen noodle water, and our TVs are still on. The only thing missing is the food because if you are one of those people who turned on CNN you might have seen Don Lemon, the worst journalist on TV. If you didn’t flip to another news station, then you drank in all of his words as he sat in his ivory tower and spewed rhetoric after talking point attempting to once again demean the actions of the President Donald Trump. Then you probably went out and emptied the grocery shelves of toilet paper instead of a more productive visit to the produce aisle and meat shelves.

Manufactured Fear

There is a difference between being cautious and being in a panic. While concern is warranted because we don’t know what the effects of this disease is other than it having a 2-week incubation and gestation period. During this time, it can also infect others as it is airborne. It has the flu-like symptoms of body aches, coughs, and lower respiratory issues. With no known way to combat this virus, the world treated it as it does any other virus. People contract it, let their bodies create antibodies against the viral attacks, then let the virus play out.

That was how we did it back then, but now, no thanks to the mainstream media barrage of fake news, people are emptying toilet paper of all things while a CDC official tells us how to behave while she actually licks her finger. In so doing, does exactly what she and the CDC is telling us not to do. “Don’t touch your face” said Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) before she continues to touch her face in the same interview. Her approach demonstrated COVID-19 might not be as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. CNN and the other left-wing media entertainment industrial complex is feeding the fear and causing panic. Instead, they should be acting more like President Trump. He is level headed, cool, calm, collected, concerned, but not panicked.

Turn Them Off

This article has been a public service announcement for you. You may now turn them off. Turn off CNN. Turn off Fox. Turn off ABC. Turn off VOX. Shut off Slate and Amazon. Go hug your children and play with them. Be doting to that spouse of yours and give roses. You could cook a meal for the spouse you love. Visit neighbors. Read a book. Drink a cocktail at your local watering hole. Play catch. Exercise well. Eat a steak! Get in all micronutrients needed to maintain a healthy body. Rest well.

Why, because clearly you’re not going to go to any concerts, games, cruises, international trips, school, shows, or to our houses of worship. We all might as well do those things which makes us healthy physically, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. Go do the things that will actually help rather than being consumed by the slop CNN, Fox, MSNBC, or any of the other news outlets provide.