Collateral Damage:

The electronic media is making out like gangbusters with all those plague-induced microphobes glued to the screen.

When there is nothing else to do, people are reduced to staring hypnotically at the tv screens.

But there is more evidence every day that, despite the restrictions, people will find a way to get out and behave normally. So far, there are reports of drivers doing really stupid things in their cars.

Young folk gather in groups that can more accurately be described as swarms in parks, at the beach and more frequently, in public places and recreational space.

It is still too early for anyone to assess collateral damage, but domestic friction and senseless killings will eventually bear evidence of the restrictions fewer people are prepared to tolerate.

It shouldn't take long for deaths due to cabin fever to exceed those of the virus. Bear in mind these deaths will not be losses of people vulnerable to microbes assigned by nature to keep human populations under control.