Would we not be in a similar situation to what we are in now? Maybe it isn't as drastic because, like you said, people wear masks and testing is more available or because people just don't care — but there wasn't enough supply of masks regardless of what the WHO was saying and there have been issues with testing accuracy. If we assume that people aren't distancing to the extent they are now I think you could also assume that there would be increase in the rate of spread given the aforementioned conditions. Do you think a capitalist society would avoid overwhelming medical infrastructure or businesses being strained beyond their resources in that scenario?

To clarify, I'm not trying to be argumentative. I genuinely want to understand how others view things like this because I obviously don't have all the answers. To your point, no economic philosophy is going to stop a pandemic. My question is what does capitalism do for the millions who lose their jobs and health insurance when the outbreak happens. If someone is laid off because of slow business and they no longer can cover the cost of their child's insulin because they don't have insurance how does the free market ensure they aren't screwed? If that suddenly becomes a wide-spread issue how do you avoid a massive death toll from other things unrelated to the outbreak?