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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 14:08:24 GMT -5
Though I know K5 is going to come in here and attempt to poke holes in what I'm asking and dissect it like Jim Cornette on an AEW match, is COVID-19 the biggest news story so far of the 21st Century? I know there are 80 years left, but saying from January 1, 2000 to July 9, 2020. 550,000 deaths and 12 million cases; most things in history involve one area or country, or a collection of countres, but this is totally global. As far as a Western perspective goes, 9/11 and subsequent wars resulted in the deaths of many, but no way did it result in 550,000. The 2008 Recession was crazy too (and yes, I know I am Western-centric and US-centric in what I'm mentioning), but again, nowhere near COVID.
Even thinking of natural disasters, broad topics like radical Islamic terrorism as a whole, other viruses, etc., I think 550,000 deaths defeats it all for so far of the 21st Century. And even though certain broad topics (all 21st Century wars as one consolidated topic) may defeat COVID, I think that’s a bit unfair; COVID is one particular phenomena and should only be compared to other news stories in this category.
Other broad topics could be the advent of certain things (technologies, smart phones, social media, even the Internet really didn't take off in a huge way until the 21st Century), but do we compare COVID to these broad things? I'd say no, I'd say with COVID it should only be compared to topics and occurrences of its own category. So, I'd say you could compare a Trump tweet to COVID, but not the entire invention of social media to COVID. And even if you compared news articles from 2004 of Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg inventing a new thing called "Facebook," to COVID, COVID would defeat that easily. FB affected the world with zillions of occurrences after that that happened through FB, but no one event that happened through FB would defeat COVID-19.
Is COVID the biggest story so far of the 21st Century?
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Post by Valbroski on Jul 9, 2020 14:13:42 GMT -5
Close second to anytime the McRib comes back, for sure.
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Post by JC Motors on Jul 9, 2020 14:22:09 GMT -5
It's still too early to call it yet
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jul 9, 2020 14:27:29 GMT -5
It's still too early to call it yet Exactly. I can't wait to see what happens in October.....Aliens? Flying sharks? Weird gas that turns people inside out?
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Post by GBGav on Jul 9, 2020 14:45:26 GMT -5
I'd say it's probably between Covid and the start of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars in the early part of the century. Years from now people will be learning about the pandemic and how we handled it at school, much like how we learned about past pandemics like the Spanish flu and Black Plague.
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Post by rkmo: 9 Month Warning on Jul 9, 2020 15:14:57 GMT -5
Depends on who writes the history books in the future. The "winners" have the ability to gaslight the masses to spin it into whatever they want...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 17:31:16 GMT -5
No. Just a Johnny Come Lately story. Top 10 though.
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Post by k5 on Jul 9, 2020 19:11:17 GMT -5
first off, love the call out but I don’t think our program is gonna draw, so let’s chill a bit.
secondly, I actually think this is a good thread idea although it may degenerate into a political war.
and thirdly, my opinion is that you’d be correct that this is certainly the biggest news story of the current century, and hopefully isn’t outdone in terms of tragedies within this century.
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Post by Valbroski on Jul 9, 2020 19:39:57 GMT -5
Close second to anytime the McRib comes back, for sure.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 9, 2020 21:44:19 GMT -5
World wide? probably so. Its essentially a "World War 3" (a battle literally everyone is involved.
US wise, not really. I think that still rests on 9/11. Of course if you didnt live through 9/11 you probably wouldnt understand but near 20yrs later we still live the effects of that day.
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Post by Decky on Jul 10, 2020 3:20:56 GMT -5
The streak ending tops it.
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Post by joshjoseph on Jul 10, 2020 5:12:59 GMT -5
I think so.
The only thing that comes close is 9/11 but I think Covid will be the story of my lifetime.
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Post by Newsted on Jul 10, 2020 11:44:47 GMT -5
Yes. Easily.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 12, 2020 23:18:36 GMT -5
Though I know K5 is going to come in here and attempt to poke holes in what I'm asking and dissect it like Jim Cornette on an AEW match, is COVID-19 the biggest news story so far of the 21st Century? I know there are 80 years left, but saying from January 1, 2000 to July 9, 2020. 550,000 deaths and 12 million cases; most things in history involve one area or country, or a collection of countres, but this is totally global. As far as a Western perspective goes, 9/11 and subsequent wars resulted in the deaths of many, but no way did it result in 550,000. Is COVID the biggest story so far of the 21st Century? The answer is a resounding "yes." It's responsible for 560,000 worldwide deaths in less than a year with no end in sight. It's completely changed how economic, political, and social systems work. Literally every corner of the world has changed due to COVID. So in terms of global impact, it's bigger than any of the wars that have been fought in the last 20 years. Moreover, we don't know the long-term impact of some of the infected people who have recovered. We might be reading about COVID-related specialty lung and heart treatments 30 years from now because the virus had a permanent effect on people who had it. Not only is this the biggest story of the last 20 years, we still don't know just how long-lasting it will be.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2020 10:15:40 GMT -5
Though I know K5 is going to come in here and attempt to poke holes in what I'm asking and dissect it like Jim Cornette on an AEW match, is COVID-19 the biggest news story so far of the 21st Century? I know there are 80 years left, but saying from January 1, 2000 to July 9, 2020. 550,000 deaths and 12 million cases; most things in history involve one area or country, or a collection of countres, but this is totally global. As far as a Western perspective goes, 9/11 and subsequent wars resulted in the deaths of many, but no way did it result in 550,000. Is COVID the biggest story so far of the 21st Century? The answer is a resounding "yes." It's responsible for 560,000 worldwide deaths in less than a year with no end in sight. It's completely changed how economic, political, and social systems work. Literally every corner of the world has changed due to COVID. So in terms of global impact, it's bigger than any of the wars that have been fought in the last 20 years. Moreover, we don't know the long-term impact of some of the infected people who have recovered. We might be reading about COVID-related specialty lung and heart treatments 30 years from now because the virus had a permanent effect on people who had it. Not only is this the biggest story of the last 20 years, we still don't know just how long-lasting it will be. get off the internet bud you'll thank me for it later lol
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 13, 2020 23:56:02 GMT -5
The answer is a resounding "yes." It's responsible for 560,000 worldwide deaths in less than a year with no end in sight. It's completely changed how economic, political, and social systems work. Literally every corner of the world has changed due to COVID. So in terms of global impact, it's bigger than any of the wars that have been fought in the last 20 years. Moreover, we don't know the long-term impact of some of the infected people who have recovered. We might be reading about COVID-related specialty lung and heart treatments 30 years from now because the virus had a permanent effect on people who had it. Not only is this the biggest story of the last 20 years, we still don't know just how long-lasting it will be. get off the internet bud you'll thank me for it later lol I'm in a medical-related field, and I come into work with COVID email updates almost every day now. Moreover, I'm in a state with spiking numbers due to people's willful ignorance, so taking any and all precautions isn't optional right now. Not to mention that I watched WWE last week for the first time in about 2 1/2 months. If that was supposed to be my "distraction", it failed miserably.
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Post by Mclovin on Jul 14, 2020 8:19:01 GMT -5
World wide? probably so. Its essentially a "World War 3" (a battle literally everyone is involved. US wise, not really. I think that still rests on 9/11. Of course if you didnt live through 9/11 you probably wouldnt understand but near 20yrs later we still live the effects of that day. I was born about 2 1/2 years after, but if affected people I know a lot.
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Post by vampiroporvida on Jul 14, 2020 12:05:16 GMT -5
Yes, to me anyways. I just hope we learn enough about the virus to stop the next one down the line in its tracks before this happens again. The staying home at stuff was no problem for me, I am a hermit outside of work, but this junk hides behind every corner and kills so many vulnerable folks.
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Post by Codyverse: Tag Team Champion on Jul 14, 2020 18:10:34 GMT -5
“News” is the keyword here.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 16, 2020 0:27:36 GMT -5
Hospitals are having to take drastic measures when their ICUs overflow: link
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