[thinkharderdev]

To be clear, I fully support Strict social distancing and think the idea of their being a trade-off between government policy on the matter and economic performance is off-base. People will social distance whether the government tells them to or not, and if the pandemic worsens substantially then the economic impact will be even worse. That is to say that the best thing to do from both a lives saved AND an economic perspective is to contain the pandemic to a manageable level. </br> All that throat clearing out of the way... this is a silly argument and one that is not applied in any other domain. Should we ban cars? How can you possibly say that the many thousands of people who die in automobile accidents each year are an acceptable loss of life?

[overlordalex]

> Should we ban cars?

To put it in perspective, approximately 37,000 people die per YEAR from automobile accidents in the USA

With all the measures already in place, and strong possibilities of under counting COVID19 has already killed more than 50,000 people in less than 4 months.

A better argument would be banning obesity. ~300,000 people die from obesity related diseases every year

[nradov]

Obesity is actually the top chronic condition risk factor for COVID-19.

[gpderetta]

> Should we ban cars?

From cities? You'll find that many will agree with that.

I do agree with your general point though.