Query .

I was trying to think where in human history there was a parallel for our current malaise .

When pestilence or plague came before we did not know enough to keep apart .
Yes , a mark would be put on the door of an infected house and people wore masks when moving bodies . This would be regional , localized if you like , it wasn't comprehensive .

Individuals have been put in quarantine or isolation wards . Individuals have been " sent to Coventry ". Again this was specific to a small group or an individual .

Wars and famines have made some things hard to get or unobtainable . The places that dealt in the various commodities diversified or just painted from a more limited palette so to speak .

So now when streets are silent and shops shut what do we reference ?
 In the last war people came together at the pub , the pictures , in churches and canteens . So we must try a bit of lateral thinking ( aside from social media ) to make all of this workable and in some ways palatable .
 Pandora's box is already open and we don't have the mind set of a medieval man .

Some talk of this being a deserved reckoning for too many imports , global warming ,pollution  and the dubious merits of some plastics .

I think you need a cruel god or people who think accusation or recrimination useful to make that work .

So in this is uncharted territory will new ideas emerge ?

There are people who's lives have changed for good and people whose lives have not had to alter very much at all .

It's a given that all can be more kind , more thoughtful - human beings do that sometimes .

What I want to know is if this shit storm can ultimately give us something back from all it is taking .

Is this heresy and if so  is it a good heresy ?