Over reaction in many ways is worse than under reaction.

Yes. But you can't know that upfront. Initially, all we knew was there was a bug that was swamping hospitals, killing thousands (so many that they had to use refrigerated trucks as morgues), and nobody really knew what was going on. In hindsight, sure...a 4% mortality wasn't that bad**. Had it been a 25% mortality, we would be saying we underreacted. But for the first several months of 2020, we didn't know. Which is why 1poorlady had a major medical procedure out patient. Prior to 2020, she would have spent at least a few days in the hospital. But they didn't want to risk it because we hadn't really nailed that bug down yet. So, still groggy from anesthesia, they sent her home. (No, the procedure couldn't wait...it was considered emergent.)



**though it was still pretty horrific