Originally Posted by 400000Dead

Good point. But this is where the analogy breaks down.

If you're rained on, you'll notice right away. With COVID, it takes 5 - 14 days. And by then it's too late.

My point is that COVID spread is not an act of nature. It's spread by humans. Our behavior dictates how aggressive it is. Therefore, if a warning about an impending outbreak changes behavior, the outbreak will never occur.

That has a tendency to confuse the dim-witted and they will attack the one warning them.