You said nothing about death rates? I did... the rates are very important when it comes to decisions about whether or not we should lose our collective shit over it or not.
Something that's more communicable than others but less lethal than the flu? We can't contain it and shutting the country down is going to destroy more lives and cause more damage than COVID.
My original post was that COVID is less lethal. And it is turning out, that with more information coming out each day, this is true.
My definition of Less lethal = deaths / infection count.
I'd also add that it's hard to take current COVID death counts serious when hospitals across the country get paid more for COVID cases.
It's hard to not see hospitals that are hurting for money turn down 30% more money for the same cases.