“ That is my option 4—let it ride and wait for herd immunity...
Of course, there may be just a few riots... :-)”
Yes, and more lives lost. If they protect the hospitals and make everyone stay away, then the health system won’t collapse. We get through it quickly and the airline and cruise ship industries won’t collapse. Meanwhile, South Korea has not developed immunity, their population is still scared with clusters breaking out.
This is a big gamble that almost all cases won’t be that bad. It’s also a gamble that the virus won’t continually mutate and become endemic like the flu. If it does, the way China and South Korea is currently dealing with the virus will have to become a part of daily life for everybody. If the illnesses are worse than expected, the social order could collapse.
It’s the only thing that makes sense to explain the US response, but it really seems foolish to me. Pretty inhuman, too. Un-American, honestly, at least as I’ve always understood my country.
I’m thinking we’ve decided to use the Gilead drug on the worst cases and let everyone else ride it out.
It’s the only thing that makes sense to me.