Originally Posted by ShyGuy

What a joke. That original model assumed 2-3 million deaths if we did nothing. Reality is, we as a population wouldn't have done nothing. We could have simply worn masks, been more careful with hand washing, not touching the face, and social distancing to the extent practicaly, and that 2-3 millin death number goes out the window. Instead, we used his model and shut down an economy of trillions.

I really hope when this is all said, done, and over, that there is a major investigative report that looks at the virus, its origination, and how WE reacted to it. Far too many people will look back and say "see we made a difference it was only 400k dead instead of 2-3 million." The question that needs to be answered is if that model was really accurate to begin with and how many deaths would we have had if we just let simple practices take place (in previous paragraph) and kept the economy open, except maybe the epicenter hotspot like NYC.

Shutting the economy has other consequences. Police across the country have reported they have far less child abuse calls. Many of them come from schools and daycare centers. With those closed, kids are still being abused, but now not being reported. Doctors in the ER are concerned the stroke and heart patients have stopped coming. These people will die soon since their fear of Covid19 kept them home and didn't address their heart/brain condition. And once they die, it'll probably be counted as a Covid death.

It's all gotten so out of hand. Virus deaths aren't even virus deaths but still being counted as such. OTOH, you have real risks and lives in danger that aren't getting help because of the fear response to Covid.