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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by cylinder on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:13AM (#22422273)
It's very easy to lock people down. have you ever been in New York before a declared snow day? How about Houston just before a big hurricane? Absolute ghost towns.

People are actually eager to be told to stay home and not go to work. They don't have to be forced. Especially if it's for their safety.

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by alisonatwork on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @08:43AM (#22422776)
Many parts of China have been on lockdown for over 4 weeks now. Hundreds of millions of people have still not returned to work. I am not sure a lockdown of this scale will be accepted in other countries.
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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by bitreality on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @09:20AM (#22423089)
Yeah exactly. It's one thing to board up the windows for a day or two, a completely different story to do it for a month+. People get restless and impatient. They start working each other up about perceived ineffectiveness of the lockdown.
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