If we *knew* the death rate was 0.1%, and the % needing hospitalization was similarly small, and equidistributed by age, we wouldn't have to worry about one subset of the population flooding the hospitals and overwhelming them (Same kind of applies to R0).
But it doesn't.
So the alarm ringers are trying to get people to be proactive individually, in order that the whole of society benefits. There's that chart of the two bell curves, one all bunched up, which overflows hospital capacity, one which spreads out in time, which peaks just below capacity.
The other thing is, lots of people see the pandemic as an OPPORTUNITY to advance their agendas. Like Never-Trumpers and Nancy Pelosi.
And then you have all the Iranian bigwigs getting it, and the head of Hezbollah, too.
The other thing is, lots of people see the pandemic as an OPPORTUNITY to advance their agendas. Like Never-Trumpers and Nancy Pelosi.
And then you have all the Iranian bigwigs getting it, and the head of Hezbollah, too.
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Your first point is my main point.
Your second point is not important because my understanding is the AssH8le Iranians were licking walls or some such nonsense to prove (they thought) that Allah would protect them. It didn’t work out and I’m not concerned about dead Iranian gov’t types.