It depends - if we think nothing is off the table - including isolating older people or doing war-time like strategies, then maybe we are overreacting. But if

It depends - if we think nothing is off the table - including isolating older people or doing war-time like strategies, then maybe we are overreacting. But if the only cases we consider are traditionnal approaches - confinment vs doing basically nothing, then the short answer must be no - if anything, we are underreacting (by we, I assume you mean the West - EU and US). I've tried to be smart about the numbers, which are definitely not rock solid now, but just look at what happened in places that tried to underreact - Wuhan (not their fault), Lombardy. Have you ever seen military trucks coming into a city, during peace time, to move coffins out ? Here you go: https://twitter.com/guidosalva/status/1240555847849312256?s=20 https://twitter.com/guidosalva/status/1240555847849312256?s=... We can argue as long as we want about age structure etc, but this kind of horror, definitely never happens unless there is something extremely unusual (and deadly) happening.