This is not the place for COVID-19 humour or silver linings

[orenwolf]

I had originally posted this in the General Moderation topic, but apparently it needs wider visibility:

General Moderation Topic

While one can find “good things” in almost any action “Hey, air pollution from airlines was down 90% after 9/11! Woo!”, stating such does little more than to downplay and minimize the vastly, vastly more negative effects such tragic actions have. The same holds true for COVID-19. Posts suggesting that “at least this will come out of this outbreak” will be eaten with prejudice. Don’t go there. Thank you.

The best medical experts don’t know where this disease is going, or ultimately what the effect of this disease will be on the population. But what we do know is there are at least 100,000 people scared out of their minds right now by being infected with this disease. It is not a good thing, and it is not a source of humour.

Thank you,