I wonder if the panic helps prevent the congestion. They said people avoid the closed areas, but they wouldn't avoid them if they didn't already know about the

I wonder if the panic helps prevent the congestion. They said people avoid the closed areas, but they wouldn't avoid them if they didn't already know about them. Panic would cause awareness to skyrocket, motivating people to prevent the thing they were panicking about. Perhaps the system is working exactly as it should.