Nobody blew off the whole threat. Smart people knew that the numbers being thrown around were nonsense and said as much. And they were right.
There are still people out there in various places making nonsense estimates to serve their agenda at the expense of scaring the public.
Is that the people, like the Gov of NY who was using the CDC estimates to make his requests?
Let me be clear about my position on this.... everyone must own their actions. All I see is a bunch a BS finger pointing. Especially from the self-proclaimed "smart people." Fuck anyone who claims they're the smart one. They're usually the dumbest one with an ego problem or a mental issue.
How about everyone get the fuck over the fact that nobody really knew what we were in for and be thankful that we didn't need anywhere what we thought we would, YET? Remember smart people, this shit isnt over and it won't be for a long time. Or are the smart people able to change fact with their brain? Nah, let's leave that to the fools on the "news" channels.
We can look back and be bitches to each other all day long. What we need to be doing is quit our waste of time cannoli-hole-off-gassing and work toward understanding how and what we need to do to get out the other side of this. WHO GIVES A FUCK IF SOMEONE WAS WRONG? LETS WORK TOWARD ELIMINATING THIS THREAT TO OUR LIVES AND ECONOMY.
In the mean time, the "smart people" can be useful by applying themselves to the future, not the past.