[Politicians/media take action to prevent spread of virus, leading to fewer deaths]
"Wow, so few deaths, they overreacted and shut everything down for nothing!"
[Politicians/media take no action to prevent spread of virus, leading to many deaths]
"Wow, it's like they don't even care about us, just watching us die and shit!"
The 'shutting everything down' had the affect of people isolating even less at the supposed height of the illness by congregating at grocery stores buying up all the damn TP, cold medicine, frozen and canned foods and soft drinks, oddly enough I still saw a pallet with water left on it. I thought it was a bit strange when I heard a first time ad on my local radio station for a sporting goods store focusing on ammo of all things. The media and entertainment industry are probably also loving this ratings bonanza.
The illness itself is not what I'm concerned about, it's the induced panic and the knock-on affect this will have for when it finally blows over. Even if I'm wrong I'll still be indignant as "wolf" has been cried I don't know how many times in my lifetime with SARS, bird flu, swine flu, ebola, zika, etc.