I think that's because it wasn't enough to actually scare more than about half the population. Most people got sick and then got better, so it felt "not that se

I think that's because it wasn't enough to actually scare more than about half the population. Most people got sick and then got better, so it felt "not that serious". In some of my circles by the time those people started to m feel a tiny bit spooked it was almost a year in.