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Meanwhile the CV will spread more rapidly among the 20%. Those people will then re-quarantine while the 70%, seeing death and infection rates climb...

...Blah blah blah...
The fear mongering is always about what’s “going to happen”, except it never does. Models keep getting readjusted downward, by orders of magnitude.

It’s just another flu - that affects overwhelmingly the elderly that are already sick. But those that watch a lot of tv commercials are scared to death of the flu. I’ve not had tv since 1997. That may explain why I’m coming at this from a bit more practical perspective. I’m not the least bit afraid of this thing. It’s just the flu as far as I’m concerned. And stats have proven it. Especially when you consider that death stats are being ridiculously overblown. And when you don’t live in NY. ;)

The Miami Herald poll I posted is not a predictive model; it is where we stand here and now. Do you doubt that reopening businesses with only 20% of their former customer base will be a problem for many businesses? Not too many small businesses have those kind of reserves.

It’s just another flu

Last flu season killed 80,000 Americans over the course of 5 months. That's 16,000/month. CV has killed 58,000 Americans over the course of 2 months. That's 29,000/month.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

that affects overwhelmingly the elderly that are already sick.

It overwhelmingly kills the elderly and the sick. But even those who don't die from it can suffer severe enough symptoms to be hospitalized. 38% of those hospitalized for CV were under the age of 55 according to the CDC. At 30 I can count on staying out of the morgue. I can't count on staying out of the hospital.

But those that watch a lot of tv commercials are scared to death of the flu.

I don't own a TV. Streaming is where it's at for my generation and most of the time you get to bypass ads as well as Big Cable.