Coronavirus: overhyped fear-mongering or potential mega doom?

[Organ Morgan.]

China coronavirus: Villages build walls and checkpoints to stop outsiders spreading infection: https://news.sky.com/story/china-cor...ction-11919727

[Taunton Blue Genie]

China coronavirus: Villages build walls and checkpoints to stop outsiders spreading infection: https://news.sky.com/story/china-cor...ction-11919727

This is reminiscent of an excellent Flemish-language TV series I watched last year (either on BBC Four or via Channel 4's Walter Presents section). The drama took place in the centre of Antwerp, which had to be walled off by the authorities and those inside the cordon were paranoid of letting friends and families into their houses and building lest they carried the virus. And with the absence of the Police the area became dominated by gangs and hoodlums:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_(TV_series)