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-{{a|g|[[File:Coronavirus emoji.jpg|450px|center]]<br><small>Magnificent image courtesy of https://picsart.com/u/venlaava</small>}}The moment when that carefully crafted [[risk taxonomy]] falls apart before your very eyes. For where in it, pray tell, does it cover the risks of flu epidemics, let alone the second order calamities associated with people irrationally panicking about them. It will be interesting to see how our legal eagles react when the sky actually does start falling in on their heads.
+{{a|g|[[File:Coronavirus emoji.jpg|450px|center]]<br><small>Magnificent image courtesy of https://picsart.com/u/venlaava</small>}}The moment when that carefully crafted [[risk taxonomy]] falls apart before your very eyes. For where in it, pray tell, does it cover the risks of flu epidemics, let alone the irrational second-order calamities associated with the men and women of commerce hyperventilating about them?
-And is the bigger issue here the ''sickness'' of crowds, or their ''madness''?
+Is the bigger issue here the ''sickness'' of crowds, or their ''madness''?
-the [[JC has been ruminating about the possible second order impacts of the corona virus, even if all you get from it is a hacking cough and a bag on your head:
+the [[JC]] has been ruminating about these possible second order impacts of the current crowd stampede — all perfectly plausible, even if the worst anyone gets from it is a hacking cough and mandate from the boss to put a bag on your head:
 *The secondary epidemic of ''dissentry'' because neurotic stockpilers in north London have cleaned the entire southeast out of lavatory paper and soap?