This isn’t an expansion of government power. This is an expression of exactly what government power is supposed to be for. If a government can’t effectively res

This isn’t an expansion of government power. This is an expression of exactly what government power is supposed to be for. If a government can’t effectively respond to a major pandemic, what good is responsible government for exactly? (I know there are some people who would call for a significantly reduced role of government in public life, e.g. to military defence and the enforcement of contracts, but I don’t fall into this category and the reasoning for this is almost always pure ideology.) You also talk as if this virus is scaremongering ... there have been over 200000 people who have died over the course of 5 months due to this virus; it is highly contagious, and there is no cure on the horizon. As far as I’m concerned, we’ve got a lot to fear. The best way to manage that fear isn’t to imagine the threat isn’t real, but to meet it a measured and responsible way. Many countries, of which the US is in some ways a unique exception, have done this.