# How long/much of a lockdown will people tolerate?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-much-of-a-lockdown-will-people-tolerate/849747 "2020-03-18T18:55:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-much-of-a-lockdown-will-people-tolerate/849747/10 "2020-03-18T21:48:22Z")

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> [@Aspenglow](#):
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> I do fear a day when a certain libertarian-minded segment of the population decides, oh, fuck all you old people, just catch this thing, die and let the rest of us get on with our lives. I can easily imagine this approach becoming acceptable to some.

That day was yesterday:

> [@So... How does it feel, living in a Stephen King novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-it-feel-living-in-a-stephen-king-novel/849687/4):
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> The issue I have is that in The Stand, the Captain Trips virus actually killed 99% of people and everyone who got it; the survivors simply had an immunity to it. I understand the extreme measure for that.
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> For this we are wrecking the economy and people’s lives for a disease that the vast majority of people survive without the need for any medical attention at all.

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