One of the strangest reactions (pre-COVID) to any discussion of viruses online (ie reddit) was any mention of "Swine Flu" being a massive hoax.
Just the mere mention of Swine Flu being vastly overblown would get you swarmed with comments from people swearing they had the dreaded "swine flu"...even seeming conspiracy researchers were largely fooled.
The power of suggestion is immense (COVID proved this). If you "think" you had swine flu, you didn't. You were sick, and the media created a hysteria that either got you to THINK you were sicker, or it created a memory of your "illness" to make it feel like you were part of something.
Again, "COVID" was this x1000.
"Swine flu" was a pre-social media era practice run for "COVID."
One of the strangest reactions (pre-COVID) to any discussion of viruses online (ie reddit) was any mention of "Swine Flu" being a massive hoax.
Just the mere mention of Swine Flu being vastly overblown would get you swarmed with comments from people swearing they had the dreaded "swine flu"...even seeming conspiracy researchers were largely fooled.
The power of suggestion is immense (COVID proved this). If you "think" you had swine flu, you didn't. You were sick, and the media created a hysteria that either got you to THINK you were sicker, or it created a memory of your "illness" to make it feel like you were part of something.
Again, "COVID" was this x1000.
"Swine flu" was a pre-social media era practice run for "COVID."
Swine Flu is real dude. I don't appreciate you saying it isn't. It killed my grandfather's friends gardener's father's beautician, so.....
It also killed my interest.
Wow. This is just ... amazingly stated.