Originally Posted by AntiPeter

80% of people won’t even know they have been infected. And the death rate in New York has been lower than forecast, much less than an exponential climb. New York City and New York State have kept good statistics, they are available online.

As the NYC statistics show, this is a virus that almost exclusively kills sick people:

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/down...ary-deaths.pdf

Those with underlying conditions can sit at home in isolation and protect themselves. The rest of us should be working.

The potential for economic depression and all the problems that come with it is simply not worth the risk. Repressing everyone equally is an absurdity with a virus that is so specific in who it impacts.