While it is absolutely true to note that so many official responses to perceived dangers are effectively useless, it's also important to note that SARS-CoV2 is a non-threat. We're all afraid because the media has done a superior job of sensationalizing the virus and nobody bothers to read the studies nor look at the data. If they did, they'd discover that were it not for the relentless sensationalism of the media, we wouldn't even notice covid-19. Here's the reality: widespread testing in an increasing number of countries is showing that at least 90% of infections are asymptomatic. Of the remaining 10%, very few are cause for alarm. The much-vaunted "terrible death rate" is actually, in even the worst-hit nations, less than one-tenth of one percent. Smoking kills nearly ten times this number every month, and we don't notice that at all. The fact is, covid-19 is a non-threat and every response we have is pure hygiene theater. Shame we're not being issued with Actor's Union cards because at least then we could take advantage of cheap insurance.