Along_the_Wire They aren’t comparable at all Loops. We’re in economic Armageddon and people are dying because someone breathed near them
Not on the same scale, but certainly with the amount of uncertainty, finger pointing, paranoia, not enough paranoia, conspiracy theories, media attention, government ineptitude, etc. there is.
We obviously haven’t experienced something like this in our lifetimes, but the AIDS crisis was mass hysteria, government incompetence and a lot of people running scared on levels not seen before; all with ever evolving science that further complicated people’s reactions.
Don’t forget people used to be afraid to sit on toilet seats because of HIV.