Dude imagine the hundreds of millions of people losing everything and possibly going homeless. Not to mention the suicides, anxiety, heart attacks from financial stress, and death from the increase in criminal activities, ect. Whether you like it or not, the economy has a bigger impact on people lives than the coronavirus.

Im not arguing against that. I do think there needs to be a way to provide for those who are economically stressed during a downturn weather that means government non interest loans to keep workers payed, emergency benefits,  less restrictions on certain jobs etc.

But what you said was that lockdowns were useless and im pointing out to you that lockdowns helped reduce the amount of possible deaths. Because without such lockdowns people would have been getting sick and dying at crazy rates and that probably too would have had an economic impact. We'd see people being more frugal because they need to pay medical bills, companies needing to do layoffs because of possible drops in demand, millions needing to call out of work to take care of their relatives or to take cae of their own health etc.

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Nearly 100k deaths with a lockdown.  Could have been much much higher without one. Maybe in some cases yhe lockdowns should have been more lenient but the lockdowns have helped. Look tBrazil. Lack of lockdowns and they're getting out of control. 

Which will break the economy eventually and we will all suffer and have a higher number of deaths. Natural selection sucks ass, but this is exactly what is happening. Most people who are dying are those with weak immune system, elderly or a critical pre condition. However, we can't bring everyone down because eventually we will run out supplies and money. Politicans are starting to understand this and that is why they are now starting to reopen.

Okay, a lot less than a percent. Glad we are destroying everything for a death rate that is about the same as every day tasks like driving a car and walking down the street.

How would not a lockdown save the economy if you risk everyone getting infected? Hospitals have a capacity limit. If everyone gets infected you will risk a complete shutdown and a way higher death rate. Also, the issue with this virus is not that it is lethal for some but that in can spread during the incubation time without you showing any symptoms. And that is during a time window of 2 weeks. 

Dudes these people arent just percentages. Close too 100,000 people dead. Think about that number dude. Imagine how many families and friends are grieving right now. Now without lockdowns it could be in the millions which would be even more heartbreaking. 

Also driving a car and walking were not illegal. You can still do these things with lockdowns. 

Most people who get infected don't show any severe symptoms or won't die from the virus. Mostly those with a weak immune system or elderly people are dying from the virus. If you fall into those categories, then you should stay home. Everyone else didn't have to because there was no way we can sustain this lockdown for a long time.

Symptons can be minor (stay at home) or critical (stay at the hospital). You can also have very slight to no symptoms, at all. Yet, all of them do spread the virus.

So, do you let sick people go to work and risk an infection of all your employees?