I owe money on my American Express which means I have debt. I have a mortgage which means more debt. But yet I'm alive and making money. Hopfully that simplifies things.
Debt can be settled in a controlled manner. Means they won't go bust. Just like you and I got into debt, we would pay it off weekly or monthly until it's all gone. If it had to all be paid straight away, we got problems. Assists seized.
You would be surprised how many multi million pound companies that are very successful but also carry debt.
Now it looks like a deliberate drop in price to let mates in. Is this the turning point for our current moods to believe we have been panicked my an act that wasn't intended to scare us? Hmm...