Originally Posted by
TED74
Who's saying the fear of this virus, about which we still know very little, but that appears to spread easily and have 2% mortality, is irrational? Seems like a threat worth preparing for to me, but then again I'm no archeologist.
Not quite my point. At this point we just don't know. SARS was going to be a huge black swan event when it first appeared in the early 2000s and it fizzled and it had a nearly 10% mortality rate.. Maybe this will too, maybe it won't. Regardless, the hype and actions (whether justified or not in hindsight) still drive current actions which will have second and third order economic effects in the near future.