DBAT-DFW posted:I just think it’s completely ridiculous, even by your numbers, that the different between normal life (.1%) and hiding locked inside your home (2%) for months on end (basically however long the flu season is) is worth it.
I'm speechless. Either you don't really value 1 million lives at all or you don't know how to do simple math. And the calculation of 1 million additional death is just taking into account the 1% mortality rate. It doesn't take into consideration the increased R0 rate (meaning more people will be infected compared to the flu) and the increased collateral damage with a large volume of people going to the hospital at once (meaning people will die that would have otherwise lived bec of the overcapacity of our healthcare system). You can begin to imagine how much worse it can be.