One large difference - well maybe about 1000 : it is NOT the Bubonic Plague; it is 2020; we have modern, Western medicine, labs, scientists, researchers, hospitals, and medicines; We the (Quarantined) People are healthy.
other than that, just about the same.
Oh, and they didn’t have a Bill of Rights to shred.
England resisted having an organized police force because they felt it would impinge on people's freedom. Law enforcement was organized by local communities who hired a constable and some watchmen. They hired men to patrol the Thames in boats, and the Bow Street Runners were established to respond to emergencies, but they didn't fund a full-fledged police force until it was established by law in 1829.