But how many people? Should 10,000 kids lose school and all the problems that can avalanche into for the future to save 1 year of 1 life of one person who already has degrading health?
- 1 whole semester of in-person instruction for all 56 million school-aged kids in the US
In exchange for:
- The cumulative remaining years of the 50k(?), 100k(?), possibly even more that will die directly from the virus in the US alone
- Freedom from long-term health issues caused by the virus for another several hundred thousand at minimum who won't die but also won't get "the flu"
Now your turn. What is your number?