So how many dead Americans or collapsed local health systems are you willing to accept so that the Chamber of Commerce is happy and POTUS cat get himself re-elected?
WHAT’S YOUR “ACCEPTABLE LOSS” LEVEL?
If we don’t stop this - or at least slow it, we could be facing 2M+ dead in the US. And that’s very optimistic, as most credible experts are projecting 60-70% infection rate if we don’t keep things shut down. And with a super conservative and very optimistic death rate of “only” 1%, that’s roughly 2.2M dead Americans. The actual number is likely much, much higher.
Are 2+ million dead and tens of millions hospitalized (many in the ICUs with not enough ventilators where many will die due to lack of available machines) “acceptable” to you to open the economy back up?
Asking for a friend..
Where are you getting your news? None of that is remotely true.
I am very worried about your mental health. I’m serious. I am a caring person really. You should seek help.
> WHAT’S YOUR “ACCEPTABLE LOSS” LEVEL?
It is being calculated. It’s a thing. They’ll find a pretty good number.
Your question swings both ways. Should we shut the economy down to save one life? What’s “your number”? Rhetorical question. Life is uncertain, risks are inevitable, mother nature is harsh and so is your fellow man.
Stressful times.
*****WHAT’S YOUR “ACCEPTABLE LOSS” LEVEL?*****
Are you talking about the losses from the virus or the losses from people who have lost their jobs(some of them have lost the entire household of jobs). I’m not talking about dollar loss, I’m talking about real people having a completely changed life with no money and possibly no government support because of this. Out on the street level stuff.
“...If we don’t stop this - or at least slow it, we could be facing 2M+ dead in the US. And that’s very optimistic, as most credible experts are projecting 60-70% infection rate if we don’t keep things shut down. And with a super conservative and very optimistic death rate of “only” 1%, that’s roughly 2.2M dead Americans. The actual number is likely much, much higher....”
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You really do need to learn to be less GULLIBLE and so EASILY FRIGHTENED. Wash your hands, Bro .... and grow a pair.
PS - This is NOT the SPANISH FLU and 2020 is NOT 1918.
The bottom line is that it will be just like you suggest.. an acceptable level of loss. We make calcs like that everyday... freeways, flu, industrial work..... all come with an acceptable level of loss Grow up. Again, you can live in a bubbke... no one is forcing u back to work .. stay home if you want....
How much food can you buy with no money?
How many medical supplies can you ship with no driver’s? How can you care for the sick without paying wages?
That is not a true statement. Yes, the 2M+ statistic is correct. It is from the Imperial College of London study. But that is not an optimistic estimate. That is the estimate in the absence of ANY lockdown, mitigation or amelioration of the spread. So it is in fact a worst case scenario. Again, to repeat - that number 2M+ is the worst case scenario if we did nothing. We are not doing nothing. We are doing a lot, for 3+ weeks.
Wow. What are the projections for China? They have four times as many people, so are they going to lose 8.8 million?
If we have two million deaths from this in this country I’ll eat my hat, record it, and post the video here for all to see. Of course I’ll have to buy a hat first.
You may not be aware of this but there’s this thing called starvation that kills people when they’re poor. Have you heard of it?
I'll take that bet. How much do you want to lose?