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[XenaLives]

Not going to source it now but I've read that most of those who died would be probably be dead within a year anyhow... then there's the recovery time. I had anaphylaxis and was intubated when I was about 45. It took months to get well, it would be worse for someone over 65.

I disagree, and you have to add in those who die from other causes because they don't access proper healthcare.

30,000 people dead! many of which could have been avoided

[Doktornolittle]

I am biased because the economic effects of the moratorium on working has caught me at a very low point and I don't qualify for US stimulus. But we just spent $2.2T, mostly to try to prop up our economy during this clamp down on working for a living. That scales the effect, and that is only about a months worth of effect. I don't want to try to put a $ value on a life, but I think you have to in the following way. How many lives could we have saved by spending that $2.2T on other care. Maybe even focused on care for the elderly. And how many lives will we lose in the near future if we hold this country in economic lock-down. Recall from the 2008/2009 collapse that when money dries up to a critical point, the machine just stops. In this case we have frozen the very part of the machine that makes real money. Not paper money, but actual value, other than medical and a shell of other services. This shut-down is a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig deal. I am no fan of Trump, and do not want to see him re-elected, but I think he is right that we have to go back to work soon. You are apparently a real MD, so I am interested in your opinion. Myself I have an MSEE and sometimes get to work in my chosen field of Medical Device development, sometimes work less exciting technical positions, and sometimes do whatever I can do to survive... such as right now.