Originally Posted by azepine00

ppl seem to be swinging from irrationally ignoring the virus to irrational fear...

based on what we see in china 3-4 months was enough to suppress this and throngs are now out traveling.. there are safety measures still in place - masks, checks etc but life is back to normal
given march start of lockdowns in EU and US we should be in this position by june and models appear to support this

https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

the horrors we see now are the results of ignorance 1-2 months ago given disease progression; current measures should lead to rapid improvements but again with 1-2 month delay..
if irrational fears keep people at home after that - even better - more discounts and less crowds