In most of the country the numbers are moving down toward lower cases. and there are more important things on the news. But it depends on where you are. We have 90,000 residents in our county with 27 deaths so far. But there were 14 of those deaths in August. I know about 2 dozen people who have had it including my daughter who just went back to work today. She is a nurse and caught it from one of her patients who eventually died. Her condition was never life threatening, but it did kick her butt enough that she couldn't work for 2 weeks. She spent about 10 days in bed. I have a cousin on a ventilator not expected to make it. Other friends are no longer positive, but 4 months later still have not gotten their lung capacity back to normal. One girl used to run marathons and now struggles to run 2-3 miles. Others with perfectly normal hearts prior now have damaged hearts. It isn't just about the ones who die, many of the ones who live have permanent damage.
If it's not an issue where you live then good for you. But it is real, and it can be real serious. People who don't die still miss work and that hurts the economy. My daughter ended up missing 3 weeks of work, her husband 2 weeks since he was exposed. Multiply that by the 5 million so far and that is why the economy is in the crapper.
