by Charles Hugh Smith
Of Two Minds
The eventual price of substituting magical thinking and survivorship bias for actual evidence will be far higher than the complacent realize.
Here’s a sampling of complacent assertions being made about the COVID-19 virus as if they were certitudes:
It’s no worse than a bad cold.
It’s less deadly than a normal flu.
You can’t catch it unless you’re in sustained close contact with a carrier.
Carriers are only contagious for 14 days. After that, you’re home free.
A vaccine is just around the corner.