What you guys seems to be forgetting is that this isn’t about death rates, its about higher than normal flu-caused pneumonia rates, the resources and equipment needed to save lives; that this virus is on TOP of the regular flu rates and deaths.
80% of SARS COV2 are likely to survive, but between 1.70-2% will not survive. Most of the 2% will be your parents and grandparents. No one has any immunity to this; everyone can get it.
Having had pneumonia twice, I can assure you that it is not something anyone should experience - unless you find extreme difficulty breathing pleasurable on top of all the other problems. I, for one, would take the flu all day over this crap.
They scared us all with “there won’t be enough ventilators to go around” and “we’ll overwhelm the healthcare system”.
As more ventilators and PPEs become available and when it’s apparent that outside of a few hotspots our healthcare system is slower than usual (due to cancelling every visit/procedure unrealted to COVID-19) then it’s time to get back to work.
In a high-risk group? Continue to shelter in place and use extreme caution when going out. Outside that group but scared to go to work? Stay home and keep drawing unemployment for 39 weeks — but no social gatherings or non-essential shopping trips.
If we don’t get America moving again the virus won’t kill us but the cure will.