No, it was known at the time. The Great Barrington Declaration was written spring of 2020, the mRNA side effects known at the trials, the protocols for quarantining only the elderly were the established policy. They departed from that and followed (and induced) the most panicked.

Ebola is a different story, far less contagious, and we have no idea what would have happened.

But my point stands — the fear is a scourge, especially in a crisis.