56 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 9 Nov 2023 \ parent \ on: What's a moment you'll never forget exactly where you were when it happened? meta
It was a mix of obliviousness, not wanting to offend Chinese people (I remember going to the r/wuhan_flu sub everyday until it was quarantined lol) and just utter disbelief that something big like that could happen, like Normalcy Bias.
Needless to say I was a bit flabbergasted that everyone there was basically just waiting for the news (and W.H.O.) to tell them what to do, and they call themselves scientists.