Originally Posted by 360view
We are mostly older men here on moparts.

We fix broken things.

We attempt to pass on knowledge to grandchildren and younger people in general.

2% fatalities of roughly
330 million people in the USA,
worst case,
would be
6,600,000 dead,
perhaps by November.

About 5,000,000 would be men.

How would the future of the USA change
if the knowledge and philosophy of 5 million men
ended quicker than normal?

Older men with damaged lungs in areas with less than average spare capacity of advanced hospital beds.

I immediately think: retired coal miners.


Your prognosis is potentially fairly accurate IMO, except for one detail, that requires a bit more self awareness then this group has shown to me, stubbornness combined with the ability to view things from a new/different perspective, ie times change, most people don't.

A question I asked a few months back here about the age of moparts members, showed there is hardly anybody that responded under 50.

I also believe the financial drain on required proper care, quarantines, isolation,etc, etc, would really ding the entire system.

Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.