Hindsight might show us our reaction to the coronavirus pandemic was driven by mass hysteria
Residents queue at a temporary Covid-19 coronavirus testing station in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, May 8 2020. Picture: EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP
It is always easier to identify mass hysteria looking back than when it is actually happening. We should have been alerted by the completely irrational purchase of toilet paper, and the monotonous justification from our leaders that the best scientific advice was being followed.
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