No need to invent hypotheticals when we’re dealing with an actual, unfolding crisis. The cost of closing schools, canceling events, etc, for several weeks woul

No need to invent hypotheticals when we’re dealing with an actual, unfolding crisis. The cost of closing schools, canceling events, etc, for several weeks would have been very disruptive and expensive. But it stood a chance of containing this. Now we’re experiencing the beginning of the economic impact plus we’re allowing this to become a pandemic — and probably seasonal. It’s hard to see how the cost won’t be astronomically higher in choosing to react rather than take proactive steps. And we chose this path with Italy and China already showing us the seriousness of this virus.