The yearly deaths in the US from Influenza and Pneumonia: 55,672 / 365 = 152.5 deaths per day in the US.
The daily death rate of the corrona virus now is > 1,000, and will be > 2,000 in about 4 - 5 days. Almost 10 times the daily death rate of the flu now, and soon to be 20 times the death rate of the flu, this all adds additional stress upon our HCS. If HCS collapse from the strain, as the HCS has in every other country, and as it certainly will here, then even minor illnesses and emergencies will become fatal, adding even more deaths to the tally.
I have a hard time understanding why relatively intelligent folks, like yourself, draw a complete blank when trying to understand what's happening. I mean, seriously, how can you NOT get it?
The chart below (which I generated) projects the number of deaths at the current rate of expansion. Our leaders tell us the peak will be around 15 April. So the rate will slow as we approach the 15th. If so, the chart below will have a rounded top around the 15th April and begin a down slope. So, disregard the curve at or after the 15th. Let's pray they're right about when this peaks though.
> This video graph was posted on march 29th they're already down by 4,340 on March 30 2020 Real number is 36,914. They have on this chart 41,254.
Today April 2 2020 deaths where 52,596 this graph shows it at 59,910 the bottom right I think that is total number of reported cases real is 1,007,436 graph shows 10,838,131 CORONAVIRUS DEATHS COMPARED TO OTHER CAUSES OF DEATHS
Many could care less how many this virus would kill without significant public health actions. They only refer to the deaths WITH schools and businesses closed, public events cancelled, no one traveling, massive numbers of people working from home or unemployed, not to mention basic social distancing and cleanliness measures, and say “see, just the flu”! Your graph is some bizarre alien scribbling.
In the end, they will weigh the impact to the economy and their 401K against the 100,000 +/- people killed rather than the 1 million plus saved. Likely, none of their close friends or family will have died, never mind they will never know which ones were saved. They will feel cheated and bitter. This will never end for many of them.