They are crowdsourced if only in the sense because that is how the crowd has been trained to think. The peoples reaction to isolate, stay indoors was not spont

They are crowdsourced if only in the sense because that is how the crowd has been trained to think. The peoples reaction to isolate, stay indoors was not spontaneous and though prudent, certainly not individual. There was a lot of group think involved. If there is one thing that this pandemic has taught me, it is this - the extent of the thought/behavior control machinery spans the globe, and is effective. Edit: This is an example of abuse of data and hence arriving at an incorrect position which can then drive policies. The author plots the transportation data and the graph decline clearly shows people choosing to not travel. What it doesn't show is the propaganda broadcast preceding those times which "informed" the people and consequently altered their behavior. If you do, you'll see a sharp increase just before the transportation decline.