60,000 Americans die from the flu every year. About 40,000 die in car accidents, 20,000 die in homocides and 60,000 die from suicide. Meanwhile, 600,000 die from cancer and 650,000 die from heart disease every year.
I think if those numbers were mentioned alongside any projected COVID-19 death rates, it would cause us all to settle down a bit.
Yes, however, "settling down" would likely increase the death toll because settling down" includes ceasing a portion of the precautions that will otherwise save lives. Denial of risk is not a defense against disease, rather, it increases your exposure and increases the chance of fatality. The same right wing dingalings who preached abstinence to avoid catching AIDS are telling us to keep our head in the sand, the virus is not going to get us. Do you see the inconsistency?
Tom
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