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by krapp 2260 days ago
It can be true for some cases, but not all cases. Closing businesses, stay at home orders and quarantines are good ideas and, I believe, necessary for the public good. I'm also willing to believe they're temporary measures, if for no other reason than a permanent state of police-enforced quarantine would destroy the country and do no one any good, least of all the government.
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Nobody (serious) is suggesting that everything will be permanent. What's being suggested is that several smaller changes made during the crisis, especially the ones involving legislation, will never be un-done.