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> "Were virtually all businesses shut down for weeks or months... If not, I don't think you can say it's comparable." that's the (over-)reaction. the precedent
by clairity 7y ago
> "Were virtually all businesses shut down for weeks or months... If not, I don't think you can say it's comparable."
that's the (over-)reaction. the precedent is the more-virulent-than-usual infectious disease. the precedent is the need to break the infection chain to slow/stop the pandemic.
you wouldn't expect the reaction to be 'comparable' after 100 years. you'd hope that we'd have developed methods to better assuage fear and panic though.