Originally Posted by
lazygun37
But this is all based on the assumption that, without the attempt to reduce the number of deaths, the economy would not crash. What I want to know -- and have asked you several times now: do you honestly think that in the midst of this sort of epidemic, the economy will not crash entirely on its own? By your own assumption, you are talking about an epidemic that will kill 2 million people and therefore hospitalize several times more than that (i.e. a significant fraction of the population), all in the space of a few months. Let's not even worry about overload on hospitals and how that will cause higher mortality rates. Just based on those numbers alone, you think people will just go on with their lives, i.e. go to work, eat in restaurants, go to the gym?