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elephantscanon The plans to reopen the economy are scary

Sure, it can. But its very unlikely.

0.2% chance of death for 30 year olds is roughly the same as a 30 year old's chance of dying in any given year.

elephantscanon The plans to reopen the economy are scary

Yeah sure. a month, a year, a decade. How much of my life are you willing to steal?

The fatality rate for octogenarians is 15%. Octogenarians also have a 10% chance of dying every year anyway. At 18 months of lockdown 15% of them are dead anyway and you took a single digit percentage of my life away

elephantscanon The plans to reopen the economy are scary

This state of affairs is not life. I would kill myself if we have to do this for a year.

elephantscanon The plans to reopen the economy are scary

When are we just going to admit that our choices are:

1) indefinite lockdown 2) everyone gets the virus

Between a 0.5% chance of dying, and life imprisonment, I'd take my chances.