And there are a lot of informations on the media because this is a serious matter. People already know what to do because each country governement gave instructions for the well being of everyone. I don't know what you expect by censoring the people here (for personnal reason furthermore), because yeah, people will feel censored now, and it is everything but a good idea. Well, this is just my point of view, I can somehow understand yours and I respect it, but the difference is that we have to submit for something all of us might not agree. If the old topic was really a problem, you could just mod there, instead of deleting it and create your own.
It won't cost you anything, we all know this so no need to be so dramatic.