It was pretty much the same here and probably other places. I was interested to see how some embraced it, lapped up all the propaganda and embraced the fear, and others did not, got on with life or enjoyed "working from home" like me and getting paid for doing nothing.
I hate lines, standing in them, and being told to follow them, and being forced to stand on an "X" on the ground while waiting to get served was something I rebelled against in my own little way (standing "not on the X") as a small act of defiance and I did other things as well just to say fuck you China virus and government who wants to control me. Small things, but it helped I guess.
I didn't embrace the fear as some did but as you have said, the responses some had and society in general was rather telling about where people's heads are at.
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Agree 💯%