Have you ever given in to a public panic?

Public panics are things like the Salem Witch Trials where normally sane people do irrational things.
In my life time I remember panics like "A commie under every bed" led by Joe McCarthy.
Acid rain, Ozone depletion, Y2K, numerous illnesses AIDS Ebola etc the greatest of which is covid. (panic not disease).
What foolish remedy did you seek? My brother in law filled his bathtub with water December 31 1999 lest the water be shut off because of Y2K.
What about you? Did you get jabbed to prevent the cold that is covid?

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ElwoodBlues · M

There's nothing mysterious about measureing pH of rain falling into a cup. It's so cheap and easy school children did it - [i]millions[/i] of times! Acid rain was a real problem identified by environmental science and cured by environmental regulations.

Acid deposition - Critical loads of exceedance in Europe

Acid rain in Germany

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@ElwoodBlues IOW you did fall for every panic that came down the pipe and we are laughing our butts off at your expense.