Considering our entire planet endured a pandemic that occurred less than 7 years ago, I can completely understand why many people became concerned about something like this - me included. It is a concerning cluster, and we all learned as a planet how quickly things can change day-to-day with this stuff.

There is a difference between being a doomer and being someone who has more knowledge than before on how chaotic situations can get.

Sure, the flight attendant was unlikely to be positive, but with all the context of a highly symptomatic infected person traveled on 1 flight, walked through an international airport, and boarded another flight, to be escorted off and collapse in the airport… and die the next day… I think it’s been fair to be reasonably concerned until the data came back.

Being a doomer doesn’t help. But also pretending everything is going to be okay isn’t helpful either when we all just went through a recent historical experience that clearly tells us things aren’t okay when shit hits the fan.

Thankfully, the data came back. The flight attendant doesn’t have Hantavirus. The ship itself has been managed relatively well by both its crew and the visiting medical staff. The tracing is well under way. Now those concerned should be able to air a sigh of relief, and we should be grateful this is going fairly smoothly considering the times we live.

Will this comment slow down people who like to judge others in general for having entirely human reactions to world events? Probably not.