True. And not to minimize the deaths of older people. After all, our parents are older. I don't want them to die either. Given, however, the complete destruction of the economy in the short term here is an alternative perspective.
Also, shedding a little more light on the subject of death rates, more figures coming out of Wuhan suggest a death rate closer to 1.4%. Still scary, but not quite the panic inducing numbers being tossed around. The higher rates are frequently being calculated using "showed symptoms vs died", rather than the far more accurate "got the virus and then died". Part of the problem is figuring out who has the virus if they have exhibited mild or no symptoms.
https://reason.com/2020/03/20/if-covid-19-killed-1-4-of-people-with-symptoms-in-wuhan-the-overall-fatality-rate-is-likely-to-be-much-lower-than-people-feared/?utm_medium=email
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