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.
“They will feel cheated and bitter. This will never end for many of them.”
My givvashitometer remains pegged at zero for their feelings.
They were harmed by elected politicians, many of whom they voted for.
Not anyone on this site.
I was listening to radio transmissions from Northern Italy the other day.
During the conversation the operator said two things: in one sentence he said, “It’s in everyone’s family.” A sentence later he said, “Everyone knows someone who has died from this.”
That is a stunning, but simple assessment of how this affects Italy. I hope it doesn’t hit here this hard.