[zackmorris]

May I ask your age? You sound a bit young. The things you talk about are well-within the purview of the government.

If this were happening in the 1980s, I think that we would have kept our calm better. I was a child then, and my grandparents were in their 50s/60s and had seen the Great Depression and World War II. My parents' generation (the boomers) were full of well-trained doctors and nurses. There was a general level of competence and a willingness to give of oneself then that I believe was higher than today, even though we have more access to information now.

What I'm saying is that we need central solutions. Scientists and medical experts should be directing this. Like they used to, before several decades of being undermined by political and religious dogma.

[gwright]

Not young at all. Your belief in the wisdom of centralized groups of "experts", is historical naive and dangerous.

Note. I'm pretty much poking fun at the idea of things being centralized and driven top down. Not at the notion of "experts"

[burfog]

You're a bit young to really remember the Soviet Union. I'll fill you in, a bit.

They used central solutions. Scientists and other experts directed the economy. Without the signalling mechanism of price, demand and supply got way out of whack. The economy collapsed.