DOUBLE TROUBLE: Using Terrorism Alert Levels for Covid

Cities and countries across the globe are creating color-coded
threat level warning systems for Covid-19, triggering haunting
memories of 9/11. It’s ironic that they are copying something
learned to combat carnage from terrorism, while terrorists are
now learning to copy a bio-agent like Coronavirus — a perfect
tool for destruction of the West. They’re seeing how bioterrorism
is much more effective than ramming or knifing attacks, or even
suicide bombs to bring societies to their knees.

First, we look back at the Homeland Security Advisory System
that was created because of 9/11, with its 5 levels of risk of
terrorist attacks, from red indicating severe risk to green
indicating low risk. It was not only meant to warn American
citizens, but also governmental agencies, airports and so on.
The color codes were a good, clear system that works in
emergencies when people are too panicked to start trying to
figure out murky details.

It’s no wonder then that places from Dallas, Texas to the UK,
have now instituted color-coded systems to warn of the risk
of Coronavirus. We look at each of these and the social
media criticism they’re getting because people are fed up
with being told what to do and because their memories of
9/11 are being triggered.