To be fair even if Covid was a lot more dangerous they would try to get back to normal as quickly as possible. The Chinese government cares less about the lives or well being of their citizens compared to most countries since they have so many people to begin with.
I feel that a lot of people are overestimating and underestimating COVID at the same time. I suspect that it probably was more dangerous initially but as it mutated it became less of a threat, especially to younger individuals.
A lot of democrats overestimate it’s lethality and are doing more harm than good imo. I don’t think it’s wise to completely destroy the economy as some left wing cities and states have done. I fear the economic fallout may be worse, and as a consequence we could end up seeing a rise in crime, mental health issues, secondary deaths, etc. l have known several people who died because of COVID but I know more who’ve died because their medical treatment was deemed non-essential or because of how COVID impacted the healthcare supply chain. It’s only my experience, so it’s a small sample size but I’m curious to see how many deaths can be attributed to the stresses put on the system by covid compared to the number of people who actually directly died from covid.
However, Imo it’s most dangerous for the elderly or those with health conditions and can occasionally kill the young and healthy. So I think some caution is warranted even if you’re young and healthy and it’s not wise to
completely hand-wave it away. Just some precautions like not going out into large gatherings, social distancing, etc just don’t run around like the sky is falling. It is not the Black Plague or Spanish Flu but it can still kill.
I suspect that part of the reason there is a lot of panic is because of the age demographic it affects. It’s not necessarily that someone is on the way out but it seems to kill boomers at far higher rates and I bet it’ll impact that generation’s overall life expectancy. Just taking a cursory look at
articles on
semi famous people who have died of it the vast majority are over 50. As it so happens the
average age of the House of Representatives is 57.8 years, in the senate it’s 61.8, and according to this
link the average age of governors is 63. Also, the
average age of someone who watches cable news is 60. So a lot of the reactions of our government and media has to be understood in this context. Their actions would likely be different if it disproportionately killed or affected generation z or millennials.
