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Why do people keep saying that panic is bad? Sometimes panic is the appropriate action and is necessary to motivate us to take extreme life saving action.

ccktlmazeltov 7y ago
We are going to see the US expand the mandatory lockdown to the whole country soon. I don't think panic is going to help much.
- wahern 7y ago
  The federal government doesn't have the authority to lockdown the whole country, only the national and state borders. To lockdown the whole country all 50 states would need to individually issue orders, which is unlikely. I suspect the governors of some rural states are likely to issue weaker social distancing orders, minimizing the economic impact but still benefiting from national economic relief legislation the same as states more severely effected.
  - int_19h 7y ago
    The federal government might just get such authority from Congress, if things keep going the way they are. There would certainly be a lawsuit claiming that it's unconstitutional. It might even win... eventually. You know, back when SCOTUS is in proper session, and it's all kinda moot.
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- root_axis 7y ago
  You implore people not to encourage panic in one breath then make the absurd suggestion that the US is going to impose "mandatory lockdown to the whole country soon".
carapace 7y ago
"When in trouble, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."
MaulingMonkey 7y ago
It's partly in the very definition of the word. > panic: sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior. When fear runs wild and uncontrolled, it can paralyze us into inaction, or worse yet, motivate us unthinkingly towards action that may end more lives than even inaction would. Or to put it another way - panic is a great way to waste a bunch of perfectly good fear. Fear should be properly harnessed, controlled, and guided through proper thinking and wisdom - then we can maximize our chances of it motivating us to take those extreme, life saving actions you alude to. Stress - as caused by fear - can shorten your lifespan and reduce it's quality as well. When possible, one should guide ones fears towards reasonable risks you can do something about - where the costs might be worth it - and away from the irrational or unactionable - where they are not.

ccktlmazeltov 7y ago

We are going to see the US expand the mandatory lockdown to the whole country soon. I don't think panic is going to help much.

wahern 7y ago
The federal government doesn't have the authority to lockdown the whole country, only the national and state borders. To lockdown the whole country all 50 states would need to individually issue orders, which is unlikely. I suspect the governors of some rural states are likely to issue weaker social distancing orders, minimizing the economic impact but still benefiting from national economic relief legislation the same as states more severely effected.
- int_19h 7y ago
  The federal government might just get such authority from Congress, if things keep going the way they are. There would certainly be a lawsuit claiming that it's unconstitutional. It might even win... eventually. You know, back when SCOTUS is in proper session, and it's all kinda moot.
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root_axis 7y ago
You implore people not to encourage panic in one breath then make the absurd suggestion that the US is going to impose "mandatory lockdown to the whole country soon".

carapace 7y ago

"When in trouble, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."

MaulingMonkey 7y ago

It's partly in the very definition of the word. > panic: sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior. When fear runs wild and uncontrolled, it can paralyze us into inaction, or worse yet, motivate us unthinkingly towards action that may end more lives than even inaction would. Or to put it another way - panic is a great way to waste a bunch of perfectly good fear. Fear should be properly harnessed, controlled, and guided through proper thinking and wisdom - then we can maximize our chances of it motivating us to take those extreme, life saving actions you alude to. Stress - as caused by fear - can shorten your lifespan and reduce it's quality as well. When possible, one should guide ones fears towards reasonable risks you can do something about - where the costs might be worth it - and away from the irrational or unactionable - where they are not.