Hey everyone. D'Anthony Fantangelo here, the Internet's busiest commentary channel. And this
is of course, a new episode of 'Here's Why You're Wrong', the series where I take your hot takes,
your tough questions and your unpopular opinions, and then react to the best ones. This is of course
my own original series that I came up with, and I've never seen anyone else on the entire internet
do, especially Anthony Fantano. So today's a bit of a special 'Here's Why You're Wrong',
because the topic is blacklisted. It's about the obvious disease that's spreading throughout the
world rapidly, but if I were to say the name of it, I'm just going to get automatically
demonetized, which I don't think is fair. So instead, I'm just going to be calling it
CV. And if you could do me a favor and put CV in the comments, instead of the thing itself,
I would really appreciate that. Now what I think is funny... well,
funny is not the right word, but what's interesting about this whole situation is
it's bringing people together, but driving them apart at the same time. So let's explore that.
'I'm not sure why everyone is making it such a big issue to wash your hands and sanitize them,
when in reality, this is something you should already be doing.' Here's why you're right.
I do think this whole CV situation has put it in people's mind that germs spread very
quickly and that we are all just walking hosts for all manner of organisms. Yeah.
I guess you could say it's a positive. I'm using the term positive very lightly.
'It's not that bad. People are seriously overreacting about it. It spreads fast and
you might get sick, but you're more than likely going to be fine.' Here's why you're wrong. You're
just... you're absolutely wrong. It is absolutely that bad because while you might be fine, and
hopefully you would be fine, there are thousands, thousands, hundreds of millions of people who
are at risk. So the issue with this whole CV thing is not whether or not you could get it,
especially if you're in the group of people where it's not going to affect... it doesn't
really matter if you get it. Nothing's going to happen to you. It matters that once you get it,
you spread it to millions of people who could die. 'Some of the people panic buying may be buying for
their older family and neighbors. I think we should encourage buying supplies for the
people most at risk, so they don't have to go directly in town.' Here's why you're right. I
saw a lot of shaming going around for people buying lots of things. But my mom watches this
one YouTuber whose name is not coming to mind, but she has 10 kids. And she obviously bought enough
food for the 12 people in their household. I think it's absolutely important to consider
that some of the people panic buying might just literally be buying, or like this person said,
helping out other people. Very insightful. 'The Western world will always struggle
through any epidemic slash pandemic because people don't believe in community
and collectivism. The emphasis here is placed only on self-preservation.' Here's why you're
right. You're just right. You can... in fact, I think that previous comment, when that person
said they would be fine, and so it doesn't matter, is the exact proof that you're right.
'The people who underplay the CV are being stupid because this is a legitimate concern. But people
who overplay the CV need to calm down since all they do is cause panic and panic solves
nothing.' Here's why you're right. All the people saying, "More people are dying from
the flu." Please. But at the same time, people are acting like it's the end of the world, and that is
not helpful. All that's going to do is cause people to act like it's the end of the world.
And then we're going to have people dying from CV-related accidents more so than the disease.
'The CV toilet paper panic buying is the most unnecessary thing ever. So many people left
the food aisle still intact. What are they going to do? Eat the toilet paper?' Here's
why you're wrong. I want everyone who bought that much toilet paper to eat it,
but I want them to eat it. I hope they do. Taking pictures of empty shelves at the
store doesn't help and just adds to the panic, just doing it for internet points or whatever.'
Here's why you're right by default. No, it doesn't help. But at the same time,
I like seeing those pictures. It's cool to see empty Walmart, but that just might
be because I'm weird, I guess. I don't know. 'That we are failing to stay at home and watch
Netflix all day just shows how dumb we all are.' Here's why you're right. I saw people bragging,
they're still going to insert large social gathering. What is wrong with y'all? And it's
like, as much as a very deep part of me wants to say, I hope you get it solely because I know
it's not going to kill them, it's just going to be uncomfortable, unfortunately, they become a risk
to everyone else around them. So, no, I don't hope anyone gets it, but some people might deserve it.
'I think a cult for toilet rolls should be formed and those without should be perished.' Here's
why you're wrong. The only cult around here is the D'Angelo Wallace on YouTube, okay? We got
200,000 members recently and we are much better than the people hoarding toilet paper, I hope.
Unless all 200,000 of my subscribers are hoarding toilet paper, and I'm just the only one left out.
'We should continue supporting Chinese fast food places. Just because they're Chinese doesn't
mean they have or carry CV.' Here's why you're right. And you would think that this would be
basic understanding, right? Do you actually think that just because someone is Chinese,
that they are carrying something that's spreading in China? We are in the United
States or insert whatever place you're from. When the black plague was floating around, did
every single European person just become a risk? Actually, that's not that good of a question,
but you get the point I'm trying to make. 'People who stockpile hand sanitizer slash
medical supplies just to sell them off for higher prices are gross, and should have
to donate the supplies and pay a massive fine.' Here's why you're right. So, you bought $17,000
worth of hand sanitizer. It's only natural that you just drop it off at the nearest hospital,
right? And then pay an additional $17,000 for holding up all the hospitals in the area.
'Toilet paper is by far, one of the least necessary things to buy, and I don't know why
that's the thing people are freaking out over.' Here's why you're right. Without going into too
much detail, toilet paper is not a necessity for good hygiene. You can do the job with multiple
tools, and that's all I'm going to say about that. 'I'm sick and tired of hearing about CV. The
media is promoting mass panic and while CV can be serious for some, the whole situation is not being
portrayed accurately. At this point. The worst thing we can do is panic and well, yikes, just
yikes. People need to chill.' I can't say whether or not you're right or wrong because I don't know
which media you're referring to. You're certainly right in the fact that some media outlets are just
running with this CV thing. They're acting like the world is ending and that's definitely not
happening. But on the other hand, I've seen some media outlets severely under-reporting,
which is much more harmful in my opinion. 'Schools need to realize that they can't
wait a whole three days the one week before the shutdown. The virus is spreading super fast and
anything can happen.' Here's why you're right. If your school isn't shut down at this point, what
are you doing? It really makes me feel like people have an attitude of, "Well, yes, it's happening,
but it would never happen to me." And then fast forward and the entire school has the CV.
'Stores should have started limiting the amount of items you can purchase per person days ago.'
Here's why you're right. That actually has happened in the stores around me, and why
didn't they think of it in the first place? But honestly, they probably don't care because if
you don't limit it, people are going to buy a lot of it, and then you're going to make more money.
'People should have supplies for the elderly slash people that already have illnesses. They
need it more than the healthy people, because they are more at risk of dying from the CV.'
Here's why you're right. Holy crap. I hope it's just common sense why this person is right.
'The US, compared to other countries is handling CV horrendously. China, for example,
could be back to normal within a couple of days- haha- because they're doing stuff like
sterilizing cities, building special hospitals, clinics, et cetera, and only recently have we
declared a whole state of emergency.' I just feel like this answer didn't age well, but here's why
you're right. Yes. The initial handling of this entire situation was actually pretty
awful regardless of how China's doing. I do agree that we could have done better, but unfortunately
it's just not possible to say whether doing better would have curtailed this thing or not.
'Quarantines aren't to protect yourself. It's to protect the people who are actually at risk and
to slow down the people who are hospitalized, and everyone needs to understand that instead
of being selfish.' Here's why you're right. I see people on Twitter acting like... wait,
I just realized, almost everyone has been right so far. It's one of those days. Anyway,
I see people on Twitter acting like, "I'm quarantined. This is so hard for me." Huh?
Don't get me wrong. I 100% believe that the quarantine is difficult, no matter who you are,
and I am talking about that, but it's not for you. Right? You do realize that. But it
just doesn't seem like everyone realizes that. 'People who'd used the CV as an excuse to show
how racist they are should be launched into the sun for charity.' Here's why you're wrong. The sun
doesn't deserve that, okay? He's just minding his own business up there. Nobody wants to be
around those people, including celestial bodies. 'One. People who use this to sell essential oils,
miracle cures, or stacked up hygiene products are disgusting. Two. So are the people who
intentionally spread misinformation and disregard the whole thing. Yes, it probably won't kill you,
but it will kill granny if you infect her.' One. Here's why you're right. I saw someone on
Instagram claiming that they had essential oils that would ward off the CV, which... Holy crap,
man, where is the FTDC... who does this kind of thing in the US? Is it the FDA? I have no idea,
but wherever they are, they need to come quicker. 'Rudy Gobert did nothing wrong. He's just a
regular dude that jokes like the rest of us and anyone mad at him should reexamine
their priorities?' Here's why you're right. In fact, you're right in a larger sense. I don't
think there's anything wrong with joking about this thing, to a reasonable extent. Obviously
the jokes that are at the expense of people who are hurting are very awful, and I'm not
sure why you feel the need to make those. But I mean the general CV flavor and self-deprecation
that's floating around, I personally find very amusing. There's nothing wrong with it.
'People not caring about the CV because it's only killing the sick and old is ableist.' Here's why
you're right. Ooh, this person is direct, but they ain't never lied. It's absolutely ableist
and ageist to act like it just doesn't matter because it's only harming immunocompromised
people and elderly. Only? They're still people. God forbid somebody treated you like that once you
pass a certain age because... well, you would die. Literally. That's what this whole thing is about.
'People who say you're overreacting to CV are wrong. A 3% death rate is millions of people dead,
and that's a lot of dead people.' Here's why you're right. It's almost like people don't
understand how these things work. If something is spreading very quickly and 3% of everyone who
gets it is dropping dead, that's 3%, sure. If it was a hundred people, that's three people,
which is still three people. But now it's getting into the thousands and the tens of thousand, and
we could be looking at the hundreds of thousands, so percentages add up. Think about your taxes.
'People not recommending others to go out to bars and restaurants pisses me off a lot
because shutting everything down will put all of those small businesses at risk of bankruptcy,
which will then affect all the employees. Shutting everything down equals our economy
collapsing. Many of my close friends rely on their paychecks to live and there aren't really
any benefits slash safety nets, for restaurant workers. If you're old or at risk, yes, stay home,
but I don't get why someone going out to a bar that you're not at affects you. Also don't tell me
how to live my pandemic life. If I want to go out to a bar, get food with my friends, that's on me.
You can stay home.' This is why people are dying. 'With CV, I do think that the schools closing was
a good decision for large schools, as this is more infectious than the flu. But I think the
response to the shutdown is insane. I work at a grocery store and watch people fist
fight over toilet paper, and my coworkers have hidden some.' Here's why you're right. What?
People are really acting like it's the end of days over toilet paper. Maybe all the people
fighting over toilet paper deserve each other. 'The media is just using a CV to make us panic and
forget about actual issues going on. Either way, I don't trust the media, and for good reason. I also
don't believe after all this settles, we could go back to normal. That's just my tinfoil hat
talking though. L-O-L.' Here's why you're right. The media is just not to be trusted, no matter
what their context is, but specifically they are getting such a huge piece of attention off of this
entire thing. It's just a vicious cycle where like the worse it gets, the more press coverage they're
able to put out and the more eyes, ad revenue, et cetera, they're able to get on their sites. Yeah.
Unfortunately the media is definitely profiting off of this situation, maybe more than anyone.
'Saw lots of replies to this thread referring to the UK not shutting schools, and I'd like to point
out that this is because they waiting until it peaks. There will be far more stress on the whole
country if they shut schools now than if they did later.' Here's why you're wrong. I thought...
okay, hold on. Just to preface this, I'm no scientist or medical person, but I thought the
whole point of shutting down things was to flatten the curve. We don't want it to peak. We want
to prevent that as much of this from happening as possible. When there's no cures or vaccines
floating around, prevention is the best cure. 'Even if CV is something 97% of people need
to worry about, quote unquote, it's really worrying that one sickness can show people
how messed up the system is, especially when that messed up system was never hidden.' Here's
why you're right. I know people are acting like the healthcare system has just completely broken
down in recent days, but I think it's even scarier to think about the fact that nothing has changed
though. This is the same healthcare system that we've been under and referring to what that other
person said about things going back to normal, can they? I would hope that they don't actually. Maybe
this can be used as some sort of stimulus for fixing these systems that are just so clearly
ineffective, but I don't know what to do. 'I'm low key happy that I get a break from
school because of CV.' Here's why you're right. I think that's perfectly valid. Is CV bad? Yes.
Yes. It's awful. Clearly. Who's going to think it's a good thing? But it's perfectly valid to
enjoy the break. I got a wee bit of a break because of CV as well, and it was needed.
'YouTubers with no medical or biology training or experience should not be doing myth-busting
videos about CV as they risk spreading the same misinformation themselves or creating
undue panic.' Here's why you're right. Actually, this is a call-out post to those YouTubers. Who
do you think you are? What would possess you to think that just because some people follow you
on the website, that's a good idea to start doing medical theory videos? If anything,
the very fact that you are a YouTuber is proof that no one should take your advice on anything,
and I'm allowed to say that. But on the other side of the coin, I do have to thank all of the medical
professionals out there, because there are some of those on YouTube and they're making really great,
helpful, informative videos, and sadly, they're just getting demonetized because of it. It's a
two-sided coin. It's like, "Here's why you're right, and here's why... well, no, you're just
right." But thank you to the doctors, okay? 'My parents, "Get a bag ready just in case
we need to hit the road. It's like the walking dead out there." Please save me from my idiot
parents.' Here's why your parents are wrong. You're not going to have to move. In fact,
if you guys hit the road, that would actually be much more ill-advised than just staying home.
'There's a difference between taking preventative measures and paranoid measures. Also, CV isn't
going to affect the majority of people badly, but it's important to stop the spread of the
disease to protect the vulnerable members of the community.' Here's why you're right. Actually,
I keep seeing people talking about good, healthy, important, preventative measures,
and then just people in the comments being like, "You're panicking." Oh my gosh,
you can take precautions without panicking. At this point, it's just natural that we
should be doing everything we can to stop it. 'Deserving that it took a pandemic for some
people to start practicing basic hygiene T-B-H.' Here's why you're right. Y'all do realize that
after this is over, you should probably keep washing your hands, right? I'm literally just
waiting for this to finally blow over, and someone on Twitter is going to go there and be like,
"Yay. I can finally stop washing my hands." And then it's going to get 180,000 likes,
a ton of retweets, and the whole comment section will just be full of people who don't get the joke
or don't know if they're joking. Can you... am I the only one envisioning this? You know it's
going to happen? I should do it. 'CV isn't scary because it kills,
it's scary because it spreads so easily.' Here's why you're right. Thank you. This
goes back to what I was trying to drive home about the 3% thing. Yes. 3% is low, admittedly,
but with it spreading so easily, 3% of a lot, lot, lot, lot, lot is still a lot, lot, lot.
'CV is a good meme. That's all.' Here's why you're right. I have seen some of the best
memes I've ever seen in my life. I personally think this is a much better meme than World
War Three, but that's just my opinion. 'Thanks to CV, people are finally giving
each other space and looking around and just overall being more aware in public.
Why can't people be that polite all the time instead of right up my butt when I'm
trying to get my produce?' Here's why you're right. Introverts, we're finally winning,
okay? Because now they're forced to act like us. 'CV bad. Now clap.' Here's why you're right.
'There's never been a greater time for owning one of those Japanese toilets slash bidets.' Here's
why you're right. Yes, but at the same time, I'm still scared of those. I know, I'm sorry. But
with the general lack of toilet paper floating around, those people are winning right now.
'I honestly hope it gets worse because this is the most interesting my life has ever been.' Anyway,
what I got from all this is that we actually, for the most part, seem to be on the same page
for once. This is less of a, "Here's why you're wrong," and more of a, "Restoring my faith in
humanity." I'm glad most people seem to understand what the key issues are with this whole issue.
I'm glad I was able to make this video to talk about it for those who might not have understood,
and I'm probably still going to get demonetized, so honestly who cares.