Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
Until humans stop physically moving from place to place (including air traffic,) canceling everything is barely going to make a dent. These are all half-measures, and will ultimately prove ineffective.
The long-term economic impact is going to be significantly worse than the direct effects of the virus.
The effects of under reaction are easy to quantify.
Over reacting is pretty much impossible to quantify. If you had no bad results, did you over react did you do just barely the right amount?