What is the accepted cost (in automobiles, poverty, taxes for health spending, decisions about what is covered by State health insurance). Must be some kind of common approximation/average. Versus costs in terms of government prerogatives (life and liberty, private property rights). What is commonly accepted?

Cost calculation to compare it. Calc of lower GDP and long-term population costs. Suicides, alcoholism, non-exercise. Non-access to ed., local politics. Non-access to health care system in same way.

What is the appropriate disaster response? Look at measurements, tentative (pre-data) measures upon start of new disaster. Consider measures based on population willingness (culture) and on government type (democracy, authoritarian).

Possible problem: people so worked up the go to hospital for any symptoms. Result is higher hospital numbers.