> regardless of how much merit those norms actually have Isn't that the whole point? Persecuting a neighbour as a witch has no merit. Limiting contact with you

> regardless of how much merit those norms actually have Isn't that the whole point? Persecuting a neighbour as a witch has no merit. Limiting contact with your neighbour as a pandemic restriction does. > One social impact of the pandemic is that nobody can mind their own damn business any more If "mind their own damn business" means "go about daily life as if there weren't a global pandemic" then yes, this is indeed an expected impact of public health crises.