Yes. But they were also actively fighting the spread of the disease. 10% mortality rate is nothing to cough at. It's in some ways like Y2K. It came and went, an

Yes. But they were also actively fighting the spread of the disease. 10% mortality rate is nothing to cough at. It's in some ways like Y2K. It came and went, and really nothing much happened. Precisely because the media projections were all about 'what could go wrong (+ a healthy dose of extra sensationalism)' versus reality where there was directed and active mitigation and prevention, precisely to prevent that.