People will ask this question in hindsight for years to come, but right now I don't think any government beside china is willing to cull the population. Outside of the political power rape, I think the economy has to take a hit.
My wife is a RN, so I think we will get sick. Naturally death is an outcome, but so is being a cripple sucking on a machine for the rest of a miserable life. That is bleak. My 401K will come back, body maybe not. That is my view from my kitchen table.