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Originally Posted by skarra
Yes, but as the experts said - doing nothing and we could have had 2.5M people die. With social distancing etc we get an expected 100-250K die. It also buys you time, so the others have a chance of getting a vaccine.
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There were many wild estimates by the experts in the very early stages of this CV situation, but more recent data suggest that these estimates were likely off by several orders of magnitude.
Besides, whatever number of cases it takes to achieve herd immunity doesn't change to any significant degree whether we choose the fast track route or the slow track route. It's kind of like the guy said on the old motor oil commercial on TV... "
You can pay me now or you can pay me later."