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March 13, 2020 - Dennis Prager Show
07:18
Corona Panic: If Nothing's Horrific Then Life is Terrific
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If nothing's horrific, then life is terrific.
Somebody wrote me, by the way, why don't I give credit to the person who came up with that statement?
And I do.
I did.
So, you know, they often say that the non-super wealthy can not imagine what the life of the super wealthy is like.
I don't agree with that.
But I can say that if you're a public figure, you cannot imagine what being a public figure is like because normal people don't get so much reaction to them as a public figure does.
It's not good, bad, it just is.
So the amount of things that I... I get in emails that are so fascinating and insightful into human beings.
People often, not always by any means, will just make things up.
The amount that people get wrong, and not deliberately, like this person didn't write me this email to insult me.
I mean, he was annoyed.
Maybe he wanted to insult me, but...
He really believed that, and I think he didn't, you see the emails, right?
Didn't he give a name of somebody who was so interesting?
I am very, by the way, I'm passionate.
I'm sorry?
He sent audio?
Oh, I didn't see that.
Did you see it?
Yeah, he sent an audio.
Of what?
Of somebody saying if life is horrific, if nothing's horrific life?
I want to look at everything through that lens, that everything is so special and a miracle.
But through it all, I really got a different perspective on life.
And it made me happier.
The experience made me happier.
And I sometimes have a hard time with friends who have depression and stuff because I can never get there.
But I've also said, you know, if there's nothing horrific...
You have to view life as being terrific.
When was that?
Hey, that's good, by the way.
That rhymes.
Oh.
Well, look at that.
So that was me responding to that.
Hey, that's good, by the way.
That rhymes.
Hey, wait, then the guy turns out right.
I didn't make it up.
If there's nothing horrific, you have to view life as terrific.
I see.
No, you say it's a collaboration.
Yeah, but I... It's not what she said.
It's not what she said.
That's true.
No, no, no.
That's fair.
The guy's right.
Well, the guy's largely right.
How do you like that?
Look, I am so passionate about telling you the truth that if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
I never claim to always be right, but I do claim to always tell the truth.
So I heard her say it, and then I put it together.
So yeah, it's a sort of collaboration.
Who is the woman?
It was a caller?
Oh, how do you like that?
I got a lot of great stuff from callers.
All right, there you go.
I'm more than happy to say I got it from a caller.
It doesn't matter to me.
Anyway, this is a great example of that point.
See, when this is over...
People will go, oh, wow, is it great to be back with people?
Is it great to be back at having public events?
But when we had public events and people were with people, then we didn't celebrate it.
Maybe that should be perhaps the happiness hour theme.
I do feel it.
I'm stunned when nothing terrible is happening.
I am pleasantly stunned.
I think that's what I'll make as the happiness hour theme.
All right, let's see.
Okay.
Dan in Cleveland.
Hello, Dan.
Hey, Dennis.
Thanks for having me on.
Yes, sir.
I wanted to comment on why there is this panic over the coronavirus and not so much the flu virus.
And I think it has to do with the vaccination factor.
We have vaccinations for the flu.
And if you really don't want to get the flu, you can get vaccinated.
And it's something we've dealt with for a while.
But there is no vaccine for this yet.
And there's actually something called herd immunity.
I'm not going to do a great job of explaining it, but I'm sure you can find a better explanation.
If a certain amount of people are vaccinated, let's say measles, if enough people get vaccinated, we effectively eradicate that disease.
So with the measles, with the anti-vaxxers, measles have come back a little bit because we don't have that herd immunity.
So that is something we strive for with the flu.
Every year, and I think, in a sense, we don't take the flu as seriously as we should.
I mean, 20,000 deaths is...
Well, the bigger question, based on what you say, is what percentage of Americans get the flu shot?
Yeah, I don't get the flu shot, so I'm a bad example.
Well, no, you're a bad example of what you said, but you're a good example of the reality.
Most people don't get a flu shot.
Right.
So how do you how do you square that fact with your belief that the reason people don't fear flu as much is that they get flu shots, but you don't get a flu shot and you don't fear the flu?
Yeah, I also don't I have never gotten the flu so that's why I haven't maybe if I get the flu I'll be If there were a shot against COVID-19, would you take that shot?
Yeah, I would take it.
Yeah, okay.
That's interesting.
It's just interesting.
I'm not extrapolating all that much from it.
Thank you.
Okay, let's go to Tim in Woodstock, Illinois.
Hi.
Hi, Dennis.
Thanks for taking my call.
You know, I was thinking about this yesterday, and a phrase has kind of popped into my head that I think of it as pre-traumatic stress disorder that the country seems to be suffering from.
It's like when you have the stress disorder before the trauma even happens.
And it seems to me it's really with people running out and clearing the shelves.
I was at the store this morning.
Yeah, hold on.
I've got to take a break.
Pre-traumatic stress disorder.
We'll be back.
The Dennis Prager Show.
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