Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
Look there is a reason why our government and governments all across the world have chosen to shutdown EVERYTHING and destroy their own and the world economy, which is going to take years to recover from. They wouldn't have made that decision based on a 1% mortality rate. In the US almost 3 million people die each year anyway from everything else. So a 1% mortality rate from this disease would have in effect doubled that. That is unpleasant but not a catastrophe. You don't destroy life on this planet for that.

The actual mortality rate has to be much higher or they believe it will be much higher to make the decisions they have made. Just think of the financial implications. The NBA! NHL, MLB, EVERY casino in this country. Airlines, hotels, Schools. NO, even panicked governments wouldn't choose the decision they did bases on 1%, or even 2%. They KNOW it is going to be much higher.
Wow, listening to you and Monet (the 2 resident messengers of doom) we should all just pack it in and wait to die