QuoteWell, tell me what do you think the consequences of shutting down the developed worlds economies, as we are in the process of doing, will be, as compared to fighting COVID19, as we fight the flu?
Silly wabbit. How do we "fight the flu?" Flu vaccine and antivirals. Neither available for COVID-19. How bad is the "flu"? If you mean "influenza A and B" (flu is a generic term for upper respiratory infections) then it's moderately contagious and has a lethality of around 0.1% across the population in unvaccinated individuals, less than half of that for vaccinated people. Corona virus has a lethality currently estimated at 1 to 3%. A minimum of ten times that of influenza. It can be much much higher among those with other conditions or advanced age.
Corona virus is especially vicious because asymptomatic carriers are possible and the latency period before showing symptoms but after becoming infected is up to a week or more.
I mean, seriously, Shane D. , are you keeping up with actual news and experts or are you relying on weird theories? Anyway, if the virus is allowed to spread unchecked, medical facilities for all medical care will be overrun and unusable or dangerous. There will be widespread panic, hoarding, perhaps riots. If the proper public health measures are used, there will be time to develop a vaccine and antivirals and reopen the economy.