I'm tired of the flu argument as it makes no sense. People die from a variety of causes like car accidents, heart disease, cancer, and driving snowmobiles into trees. No matter the prevention or treatments available, some just won't make it and they die.
As a society we can handle this, we have enough hospitals, doctors, equipment, and mortuaries. While it is sad that people die it is built in to our lives and our care system. It does not overwhelm us.
What we are trying to prevent is a crisis, not a disease. There is no cure, there is no vaccine. Most get better, about 3% die. Our health care system cannot handle a crisis of this magnitude. These victims are on top of car accidents, heart attacks, and snowmobiles meets tree. But these happen over time on a statistically predictable pattern, this is a new way to die and it can't happen all at once or the health care system breaks.
I'm wintering in San Diego, it's different than the Fox River Valley or Houghton. We have 500 cases, 11 have died, that's 2.2%. Kinda scary in a state with 40 million people.
Out here, staying home is a good idea.
As an edit, I think the hoarding is stupid and irresponsible. We're not gonna die of starvation, lights will come on and water will run out of the tap. We're just being prudent, we're both 67 and at risk. We still go out and walk around, we're not hermits, but we are staying put in Ocean Beach where we can get what we need.
