It's stuff like this that makes me believe confirmation bias is one of the strongest forces in the Universe (we see what we expect to see, most of the time).

In Croatia, Covid-19 is all anyone is talking about, and yet health clinics and most of the hospitals are empty, half empty or barely above the average (I have friends working at two of the biggest hospitals in Zagreb). And those that are above average don't have any big issues other than panic and the inconvenience of wearing protective gear around the clock.

I am sure that there are doctors and nurses going through a rough time, but as my doctor friend says, that has always been true.

I find it hard to believe that this is all orchestrated top-down, but something stinks like a can of sardines that someone opened and left under the bed.

I am a proponent of the theory that our society is undergoing the greatest self-deception ever perpetrated on itself. In essence, the people are propagandizing themselves into a panic and economic suicide.