Originally Posted by
mkitrn
So what happens if the death rate doesn’t spike? Not claiming to know it will or it won’t. Does that mean there was widespread community spread all along? Or it could just mean we have better medical practices in place I guess? Even if it is determined that a massive portion of the US population already had or has Covid would that even change the public’s perception and make them fly more or would everyone still stay home?
This is exactly what I’ve been thinking about lately. Even if the CDC puts out a message that its confirmed, X million more people have had this and therefore its lethality drops to 0.4%. I don’t think anything will change. Not even if media somehow put out articles like “COVID less fatal than originally thought!” It’s all mental and personal now, no one that has gotten into the COVID quarantine groove is every going out again until a vaccine. Stats just won’t matter.... IMO
A lot of people I know are Zoomin’ for work, having back yard BBQs with family over and going in their pools daily. The shock factor of the initial March shutdown is gone. People who held onto their job and can work from home have no desire analyze the stats.