[Thud]

A million dead, mostly elderly, will not cause civil unrest. The prediction of the Imperial College London study which has been frequently linked in these CV threads was that two million Americans (mostly elderly) would die if the state and national governments do nothing, and one million if they do the best which can be reasonably expected of them.

What might cause civil unrest will be the clogged medical system nationwide during the year that all this will be going on.

China's solution to the latter problem is to deny medical care entirely to the elderly, and provide only basic medical care to younger CV victims, i.e., generally outpatient-only. Except, of course, for the politically connected who are hospitalized and get first call on ICU's and ventilators.

Like I said earlier, this is a bad time to be old in China. We'll get interesting stories out of there when this is over and China lets foreigners back in.

[LilFarmer]

stories of young and healthy on vents and dying is making the rounds on social media. NOW people are on the verge of panic.

[ncalburt]

Are you kidding me?
A million dead and no one blinks .
Its big of you to kill off a million people and not care .

[blueplum]

wanna see ‘civil unrest’? have granny tell tide pod kids she’s giving her entire estate to the cat shelter. ;)