I'm pretty sure this video has been posted before, maybe several years ago, but it's a very useful way of helping people understand the power and danger of exponential growth.  Applies to things like the national debt and coronavirus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fqYMzFqntg

For me, I don't know if the measures that have been taken will be shown to be too little or too much by the time this plays out, but using the analogy in the video, I don't want to wait until I can touch the water to think about taking action... So far, I don't feel like the actions taken in my area have been out of line.

Mike