Y2K hysteria did exactly what it was intended to do, distract us from thinking about the 2000 anniversay of Christ, who is the cornerstone of Western Civilization.
See my post above. It was not a hysterical thing for us or the patients we took care of.
I don’t blame people who weren’t forced to see it or deal with it for not seeing it, but it was real. Not a hoax.
Heck, I probably would have had my head in the sand right up until that thing would have bit me on the rear end. I was glad there were other people further up the chain who drove the process, including driving me...:)