Coronavirus: when does group benefit override personal freedom?
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Background
A new coronavirus is currently spreading around the world. China, where the virus originated, has used extensive measures to control it. Reportedly, people are tracked using their phones and required to stay at home. If someone is found without their phone outside their home, they are hauled away in a metal cage.

Many people in other countries view measures like this negatively, but in China, these measures seem to have been successful in controlling the virus.

Tracking the number of cases: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

The mortality rate from the new coronavirus is highly dependent upon patient age and medical treatment. The recorded mortality rate is also sensitive to how many infections are not detected due to lack of testing. At this time, Singapore has 178 total cases, with 96 of those recovered and 0 deaths, while Italy has 12,462 total cases, with 1045 of those recovered and 827 deaths (7% mortality rate). Young people who are infected could have less than 1% chance of dying from it, while people over 80 years old could have greater than 10% chance.
Demographic Information
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What is your age?
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Do you live in the United States of America?
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Have you ever helped someone in another country? Example, a doctor helping during an Ebola outbreak. Buying an expensive souvenir as a tourist doesn't count, but giving someone money as a tourist does.
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Views about importance and control of coronavirus
Do you consider the new coronavirus to be an important problem?
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Have you taken any special steps to mitigate your risk from the new coronavirus, such as buying stuff or avoiding large gatherings?
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Would you take significant and unusual steps in the future if it was necessary to prevent yourself from getting infected by coronavirus?
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If you were infected with coronavirus, how important would it be to you to avoid infecting other people?
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Do you support the US government (not "your government") using measures that forcefully prevent people from spreading coronavirus, such as tracking people and confining, or even fining, those who act in a way that could spread coronavirus?
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The average mortality rate for people known to have been infected with coronavirus is 3.7%, for all ages. Suppose that this coronavirus was more deadly. How high would the mortality rate have to go before you would support forceful measures to prevent the spread of the virus?
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Bonus question: if you had to guess, what do you think will be the median response (middle response when responses are sorted) to the previous question?
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