> Without supply and strong backend infrastructure, panic will only cause situation to worsen as people crowd up to get supplies, find them out of stock and blo

> Without supply and strong backend infrastructure, panic will only cause situation to worsen as people crowd up to get supplies, find them out of stock and blow themselves up over it. If you do not give people social permission to take reasonable precautions when things are still good, the panic that happens when things get bad will be worse. > Panic will also cause a shortage of human resources which are required to handle the situation. People will line up over small issues and displace those who truly need the help like what happened with masks and hand sanitizers. Hospitals won't be able to keep up. The staff will have other problems to deal with as their toddlers or family members are in panic at home due to schools, offices etc everything shutting down. The more people are able to take reasonable precautions that involve social distancing and self-isolation, the more drastically we can reduce the number of people infected, and the less impacted the healthcare system will be. > Mortality rate for people under 40s is not high. It's still higher than the flu, and the risk of hospitalization is still pretty high. "Healthy people under 40" are not the only demographic that should be considered when responding to a pandemic. Many people are not "healthy people under 40". Many of us have dependents who would be at grave risk if they were to be infected with the virus. The danger to them is significantly higher than the flu. There are no vaccines, and no treatments for this disease. Our only recourse is to reduce spread through social distancing. Fortunately, unlike with the seasonal flu, it may still be possible to stamp out this disease.