# Things we are tired of hearing about COVID-19

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-are-tired-of-hearing-about-covid-19/851718 "2020-04-13T19:40:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-are-tired-of-hearing-about-covid-19/851718/18 "2020-04-16T22:59:17Z")

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> [@russian\_heel](#):
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> Not “troubled times” but I’d say 1/3 of the ads have language with “in these times” or “in these uncertain times” or “we know things are different” and similar reminders. ENOUGH!

I posted [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22243815&postcount=115) about five days ago in the April mini-rants thread:

> [@Locked Down Laments (April Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-down-laments-april-mini-rants/850757/115):
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> Be glad you’re not getting inundated with the Chinese expression, “This special situation”. I echo and reiterate your suggestion, even for the Chinese.
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> No! This is not a special time; it’s a damn disaster, a pandemic. Special would be graduating from university, falling in love, giving away your daughter at her wedding, or seeing your grandchild for the first time. This is not even close to any of those.
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> Nor is this time uncertain. We know what is happening and we know who is screwing up the response to it. If anything, this is now the most certain time in the history of humanity.

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