Jack, it is pleasant to hear that you personally are a good natured person wanting to see positive motives in the actions that government leaders have taken to control the spread of  Covid 19.  Unfortunately, the long reach of history teaches that governments are most often used to promote the power, profit, privilege, position and prestige of those in control.  In the matter of this disease, the unprecedented global governmental response to the alleged “Pandemic” is an obvious power grab.  The days of elected representatives being in control of the government are long gone.  Thus, even in the event that our political leaders well meaning, their motives are of little importance.   U.S. politicians, like those of most the world are following a global agenda.   

Seems to me that you never adequately dealt with the obvious intentional demolition of the WTC buildings 1, 2 & 7 on 9/11.   Thus you remain under the false impression that we the people are in control of our nation’s elected representatives, and that our national representatives are in control of national policy.  With respect to you and the good Doc Bones, those who control government have initiated a power grab that is fully intended to destroy both our economy and our freedoms.   It is a shame that not only do neither of you recognize it, Doc sadly advocates complete shut down of our national borders.    There was no Anarchic comment from you? 

How does forcibly restricting the travel of your neighbor fit in with your Anarchic principles?   

1.  Yes social distancing works.  My point is that no force or law is required to create sufficient social distancing.  If, authorities recommend it, the majority of people will practice it -whether it is needed or not

2.  Yes a few systems are being overwhelmed in Europe.   The question is how much of the use of beds is directed by government policy and promoted by media hype.  If you don’t think government policy and/or media hype can easily cause people to unreasonably overwhelm health care -See any 10 seconds of this video.  https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1239731980692066304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1239876555725209600&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theburningplatform.com%2F2020%2F03%2F17%2Fyour-government-in-action%2F Media has hyped the population into irrational runs on the corner store, it can easily hype the population (as well as our thoroughly indoctrinated health care professionals) into unnecessary runs on any nation’s illness care system. 

It is certainly debatable whether the majority of increased demand for sickness care is the result of serious illness or of the policies followed and of mass media hype.  One commenter put it this way; 

“The coronavirus panic is just that, an irrational panic, based on an unproven RNA test, that has never been connected to a virus.  And which won’t be connected to a virus unless the virus is purified.  Even when tests are administered that can detect a novel virus, the presence of a novel virus is not by itself proof that it is the cause of the severe symptoms that some people, but not all, who test positive experience.  Finally, when it can be shown that the tests administered detect a virus, known to cause illness, we do not know what the rate of false positives is.   Even a 1% false positive rate could produce 100,000 false positive results just in a city the size of Wuhan and could mean that a much large fraction of the positive test results are false positives.”

3. Agreed that the current situation does not benefit a rational view of what those who control government should want.   My point is that mass murdering psycopaths are running the global pandemic agenda and they don’t think or reason the way you or I think they should.  Our elected officials are not in control of the direction or the policies of this nation (as was so clearly evidenced by that event in 2001 you don’t want to discuss).  Many or most elected officials may well want us spending money and paying taxes.  To bad they are not in control.

Lastly,  you won’t be near as effective in helping people deal with the catastrophe that is coming (mostly economic) if we don’t all face the deeper problem -that we the people and our elected officials have lost control of our government.  Our freedoms, our health and our prosperity, will only worsen until the psychopaths promoting the agenda of control and death are forcibly removed.

Their plan to forcibly close businesses and borders has never been more effective than promoting voluntary cooperation and leading by example.   Forcing your neighbor to stay put, or preventing him/her from moving, makes great sense to authoritarians and to those reacting out of fear -even when under their fear they may be well educated or well meaning.   Forcibly, controlling your neighbor has no place among those who believe in non-agression. 

The repo markets started to crash long before the virus.  Virus hype and the unwarranted closure of commerce is merely the cover the controlling psychopaths have chosen for the impending implosion.  Those setting the agenda intend to blame a normal pulmonary illness for the coming economic crash on mainstreet.

“It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.”
Ron Paul

Saw this post by Allan Stevo.  It is likely resonate well with you, and with many among your audience.
Should Government Really Have Any Power in a Crisis?
By Allan Stevo
March 18, 2020

… (W)hen outcomes matter most, we often seem to turn to government and get the predictably awful outcome that comes when you turn to an inefficient bureaucracy that rules by force and threat of force to do the work best suited for individuals: making decisions for themselves.
… (Government) is a tool … that is possibly useful for some activities… Government is well-equipped to be a make-work program for sociopaths and to provide cover for theft, plunder, and murder. It is incredibly useful for this.
It is not the best equipped tool to handle an array of other concerns …, such as managing disease outbreaks, or providing useful and unbiased information about said outbreak, or ensuring high quality and affordable care for those afflicted. These matters are best left to individuals cooperating voluntarily in a marketplace.
“Oh, but their health affects others,” … “How can you possibly suggest they have the right to decide for others?”
“Exactly,” would be my answer.
No one has the right to decide for others. Decide for yourself. Leave everyone else alone to decide for themselves. The outcome can’t possibly be worse than whatever government will produce.
If you understand freedom, you don’t see a need for government to coordinate coronavirus responses. If you believe in free markets, you also don’t see a need for government to coordinate coronavirus responses.
You are merely grasping at straws when you turn to government. … Have some faith in your values. There can also be utility in following your values. If one must speak about the collective and utility – time and again, we’ve seen that the worse the situation, the better freedom is at managing society’s resources.
The more minor the situation, the less government involvement is able to screw things up royally. The less damage can be done. ….
That’s exactly the kind of bad choice that is made when we foolishly pretend there is such a thing as a collective “we the people,” and that there is a collective common interest that can be satisfied by a government. Needs and wants are individual. They can be satisfied for individuals. Talk of “the greater good,” merely distracts from this detail with some romanticized lie about an imaginary collective interest that does not exist. Talking in such fanciful ways brings us no closer to understanding reality. We must speak concretely about individuals and their needs and the solutions required for each individual.
The response to corona should be to laugh at and ignore every political edict on the topic and to go about life as you think appropriate under the circumstances. The people making the edicts are desperate to feel relevant and are surrounded by handlers who insist to them how important they are to successful resolutions of society’s problems. When in reality, they aren’t. The best they can do for anyone is to say a few encouraging words and to leave everyone alone. Their moral support alone is likely to do enough damage, but some people demand government and at least allowing government officials to keep busy by offering kind words of moral support is better than letting them screw up ….
… If you let government mess up housing, it will. If you let government mess up education, it will. If you let government mess up human health and happiness, it will.
In March of 2020, with the planet harried by talk of coronavirus, now more than ever we need to trust in the individual to decide for himself and to remember to let the mayor, governor, and president decide for no one but themselves.
They will, reliably, screw it up if we decide any other way.
That is the nature of government. … In sharp contrast to government, the nature of individuals is uncertain, undetermined, and has gotten us a few million years into the evolutionary process just fine. Nothing new is taking place in society that is any indication that it is time to reform that view, even with the emergence of this latest microbe that has attracted the attention of many.
Everything looks very similar to the way it always has. Life has challenges. That is the nature of life. Humanity arranges itself in useful ways voluntarily and has done pretty well handling those challenges.
Any other way is mired in idealism divorced from reality. With corona being identified as having reached pandemic status, reality suggests now is the right time to tell government to piss off.”
The Best of Allan Stevo
https://www.lewrockwell.com/author/allan-stevo/