At some point, the world is not going to grind to a halt for the less than 1% dying from this. They’ll keep businesses closed for a few weeks to give the appearance they care, but at the end of the day people are not going to put their lives on hold for months to protect the most vulnerable in society. It sounds nice in theory, but not in practice. So if you are a person susceptible to complications from this virus, you need to take it upon yourself to take precautions for the next year or so.
Now if this virus was killing 50% of the population, that would be catastrophic. At 1% and an average mortality age of 80, people will stop caring when they can’t provide for their own family. Human compassion only goes so far, and has a time limit. Unfortunate to say, but it’s true.
