The only practical takeaway from these suggestions IMO is that "you might still derive great personal benefit from imagining them so covered". In the real worl

The only practical takeaway from these suggestions IMO is that "you might still derive great personal benefit from imagining them so covered". In the real world, there are a few things that could help prevent these outbreaks from bringing the whole of society to a grinding standstill, namely the invention of something that kills targeted viruses directly (thought I read something along those lines a while back). And/or the insight that the way we have constructed modern society is simply conducive to pandemic outbreaks. The tendency for people to work from home, be schooled from home and getting goods delivered home should not be viewed as a desperate measure, instead it is the way we probably will organize our lives moving forwards, and get a lot of life standard improvements while at it. Not to mention the time and energy we would save by bringing commutes down to a bare minimum.