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If our response has been commensurate with the threat or an overreaction is definitely an open question. One we probably won't be able to answer definitively f

If our response has been commensurate with the threat or an overreaction is definitely an open question. One we probably won't be able to answer definitively for a while.

yitianjian 7y ago
I saw one really good comment - we'll know for sure if we under reacted, but we'll never know if we overreacted
- nostromo 7y ago
  Oh I think it's very possible we'll know. "Remember in 2020 when everyone lost their jobs and their houses and their retirement because some octogenarians died from a bad cold?"
- treis 7y ago
  This is the attitude that has me worried. It's CYA with a sprinkle of panic.
addicted 7y ago
Which is exactly why it isn’t an overreaction. Thanks to the lack of testing we have no idea how bad this is. And due to the severity of the worst case scenarios and relatively high probability of them be happening, in the absence of more information, an overreaction is indeed prudent. That’s what people don’t get. Uncertainty often increases the need for more action, it doesn’t reduce it.