We are all going to die COVID-19 Nightmare Thread of Doom: Post the most discouraging stories here

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@MaverocK

It has been clear to me that the exaggerated predictions some people made in January and February aren’t coming to fruition. What is also clear to me is that these people are’t happy about this. They are also upset that things will likely be returning to normal much quicker than their predictions, with far fewer fatalities than they predicted.

Why is this clear to you? Can you point to an example of someone who wishes there were more deaths?

I suspect you can’t, but I can. There are multiple conservative/Republican/Trumpers who publicly declare that they can live with 2-3% fatalities, or tens of millions of fatalities, because the economy must reopen because reasons!

Link to Dr. Oz who says"

@Dr. Oz

just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 2 to 3%, in terms of total mortality. Any, you know, any life is a life lost, but … that might be a tradeoff some folks would consider."

2-3% OF TOTAL MORTALITY just so we can open stuff up again.

Why do we have to kill 3% of us just so we can open stuff up again?