[impimp]

By what math would 500k die?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Actually, that number was being pimped by some bureaucrat this past weekend.
Of course, echoed by the media.
Fear porn.
I didn't pat attention to the source.
500K deaths if we all don't wear a mask means ZERO deaths the moment we ALL wear masks.
That implies that for every American who wears a mask, some portion of a real person doesn't actually die.
They're only slightly dead.
Probably.