[DraftDodger67]

Coronavirus is completely overblown. Regular influenza kills 12,000-61,000 Americans each year.

Coronavirus is only deadly to elderly with existing medical problems. Its not worth shutting down the economy over. Reducing this population would also entail a reduction in healthcare and pension expenses, benefiting younger workers.

[bildung]

Let me guess, you are not part of the demographic you just opted to let die in the name of cost reduction?

[animal531]

Wow. Regular flu kills around 300-650k people per year worldwide, but in general it only has a 0.1% mortality rate; and guess what, it also only basically kills the elderly.

Now you have a virus with a mortality rate of 2-3%, so it'll kill a lot more people once it begins to spread. The sick people from the coronavirus also needs a lot more medical work and efforts to separate them from the rest of the populace.

[ainiriand]

The whole idea is that you don't need both in countries where it is not present. Using that reasoning: why do you care when malaria kills >300k yearly? We all know the numbers.

[imtringued]

It's only not deadly because it hasn't spread yet.