CV and mad panic behaviour

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So far I've tried to see it from both sides and to reason why the govts are doing what they're doing and I believe their approach is understandable (Fed & State) with only one fatal flaw in their strategy - trusting the general public to adhere to instructions to limit/prevent the C-19 spread. Maybe it's time to go much harder with quarantine rules, much harder.

Might economies that decouple from GDP as a measure of economic health actually have a chance of profiting from this situation? The reason seems to be that an economy built on thrift and efficiency as a lever, rather than consumption, might see a performance improvement in the current circumstance.

But some think that ideology is anathema to capitalism, philosophically capitalism requires continuous growth. I'm not sure both can't exist if people are willing to change, the problem is a people problem built around different priorities for cost, value, efficiency and utility!