Not until the war France in 1697 did William III persuade Parliament to create a professional standing army, and Parliaments price for doing so was to keep the army under tight legislative control.

Informative speeches from World Health Organization officials helped people to keep their panic under control so they could take sensible precautions.

This goes together with planning: you turn a big and hairy project into a set of small furry balls you can always keep under control.