Anybody Else Think The Virus Is World War Iii, But It’s A Silent War?

[bluesky70]

Or is it just me?

[emmie]

no it's a virus that is like no other, and when you think
that very approximately 90 million died in WW2, it won;t be as bad...

[emmie]

it's not silent when people can get out on their doorsteps to make their voices heard in appreciation of our wonderful NHS.
by the way are you based here in UK>>>

[bluesky70]

I’m not from UK. I heard a lot of people say this so I thought how others would think about it.

[emmie]

i thought you might not be based here, are you in USA by any chance.

[bluesky70]

Yes

[Deskdiary]

It's just you.

[woofgang]

just you

[anneasquith]

Just you .

[10ClarionSt]

The govt have made it worse than it should ever have been.

[woofgang]

how? and why?

[Zacs-Master]

It depends what the final death toll is and what effect it has on the world economy. It may be looked back upon as such in decades to come.
New York alone now has more cases than any country:
Coronavirus: New York has more cases than any country https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52239261

[Old_Geezer]

Just you, probably.
But carry on fighting the good fight.

[Theland]

The virus is the first domino to fall.
The global financial crash is next, poverty and hunger in the third world countries, and hungry people will fight for their lives. Who wouldn't?
So, look forward to wars, and terrorism, and general political instability.
In developed countries, shortages, unemployment, and attacks on freedom, democracy and civil liberties.
This pandemic is unprecedented, and so will be the consequences.

[Zacs-Master]

Apart from ‘ attacks on freedom, democracy and civil liberties’ I think you just described the world as it was, pre pandemic.

[Gromit]

the 1918 pandemic killed 50 million (only 17 million died in World War I). So the Spanish Flu would have been WWII, Second World war would then have been WWIII, and Covid-19 would be WWIV.

No, I do not think its WWIII. Viruses, plagues and diseases have killed vast amounts of mankind, since man first came on this Earth.

[tiggerblue10]

The 14c bubonic plague killed over half the population of what is now know as Europe. It was never classed as a war.

[ichkeria]

And you’ve missed out the 1957 bird flu epidemic.
And HIV ...

[naomi24]

No, I don't think it's World War III. It's a virus. It will eventually be resolved.

[ToraToraTora]

it's just you

[bluesky70]

My uncle is a doctor (he is not working with coronavirus). He introduced this topic to me and he explained it as a “biological war.” I did not realize it at first, but after thinking about it from a doctor’s perspective (I imagined what it would be like to risk your life to treat hundreds and thousands of people) it seemed like a war to me. Thanks for your opinions by the way.