[cweese]

"Is this how all viral outbreaks will be handled now?."

I sure hope not. It will be a lot harder, IMO, to get everyone to lockdown like this again in the near future. 3-5 years from now? People have short memories. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out if we come to this again.

[xenia]

“It will be a lot harder, IMO, to get everyone to lockdown like this again in the near future”
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I don’t think so. It was so easy to frighten people, even here on FR. A precedent has now been set.

[Morpheus2009]

I am sure that if Nancy Pelosi still rules the house, she will gladly support 2-4trillion dollars in another pork bill.