My humble opinion: people will go along with this media-driven hysteria for another couple of weeks. After that, if they don’t start seeing people dropping dead on the sidewalks, they’re going to get real, real P.O.’d at being told No school, No work, No sports, No church, No restaurants, No gatherings, No ___fill in the blank___. And I don’t think people are going to be dropping dead on the sidewalks.
If fears are never validated, then fears usually fade away.
I hope that happens with my fear, ‘cuz it’s been pretty heavy lately.
SARS (2003, China) and MERS )2012, Saudi Arabia) are both Coronaviruses. MERS was originally called Coronavirus-2012. Both had FAR higher fatality rates (11% and 37% respectively)... and not once was anything banned or cancelled or restricted... and not once since has anyone complained about those lacks of “measures”. The regular flu STILL has killed far more people in 2020, and STILL does not get a peep in the press.
Here’s the issue. The people who need to quarantine to protect themselves are older people. They stand the chance of dying. Will they do it? No because they are stubborn. So kids can’t go to school because old people (like me) won’t shelter in place and take precautions.
That may depend on how pissed off people are. Those fanning the panic should think about that.
All of those things are measures to make sure people don't overwhelm the medical system. The goal is to avoid a bunch of people getting critically ill at the same time, overwhelming hospitals LEADING to people dropping dead in the streets.