Legislative change has for centuries been made in times of crisis. If that change is well considered,
measured and liable to future check and change then it should continue to work as it has in the past.
That said your concerns that impulsive action can have poor results are are fully justified, and understood.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”