This corona joke is getting too far out of hand. It needs to be shut down.

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Nocebo effect:

The flipside of the placebo effect, the nocebo effect is where we experience negative symptoms because we expect them. https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/the-nocebo-effect-can-our-thoughts-kill-us-20150303-13tdjl.html

The nocebo effect: Media reports may trigger symptoms of a disease. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130506095305.htm

First, the "nocebo effect" is a well-recognized phenomenon in which the expectation of symptoms can become self-fulfilling. http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2014;volume=16;issue=69;spage=116;epage=122;aulast=Rubin

CONCLUSIONS: Our analysis indicates a significant dropout rate related to nocebo in trials for PD treatment. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23145482

To die, sometimes you need only believe you are ill, and as David Robson discovers, we can unwittingly ‘catch’ such fears, often with terrifying consequences.
Beware the scaremongers. Like a witch doctor’s spell, their words might be spreading modern plagues. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150210-can-you-think-yourself-to-death
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Epidemic vs. Pandemic

While the terms may suggest that there is a specific threshold by which an event is declared an outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic, the distinction is often blurred, even among epidemiologists. Part of the reason for this is that some diseases become more prevalent or lethal over time, while others become less, forcing the CDC to regularly adjust its statistical models.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/difference-between-epidemic-and-pandemic-2615168

(It's all just word games.)

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Voodoo works by faith. This is precisely how nocebo and placebo work. And yet we have a world full of people who profess to be intellectually above magic and superstition falling for the act.

One might wonder a couple of things.

Do people actually trust governments and "experts" concerning this corona common cold virus, especially when nothing can be proved?

Did Pavlov ever imagine that a world full of people could be trained easier than dogs?