If you really isolate yourself, what does it matter what anyone else does? This is not the first time that this kind of thing has hit in recent memory. Although it is usually an influenza, this happens to be cold. But this is the first time that the United States economy has been shut down over any of it.
If a 98.5%+ survival rate isn't proof enough that this isn't that much different than other recent flus, what would be? 99%? And it just might be that high. The only real difference in this is the rapidity of it's progression. And the constant hyping. But overall, it is not that much different than many other recent flus. Although some have been much, much deadlier than this one.
"From April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, CDC estimated there were 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (range: 195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306) in the United States due to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus."
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-h1n1-pandemic.htmlObviously, they don't even know really how many cases or deaths there were due to the H1N1 because it was just another influenza albeit more deadly.
Why didn't we shutter the economy on that one? It did roll out somewhat slower than this one. But the end numbers may very well be quite similar. Is the only difference the time frame?
Look at the CDC's own numbers. Look at what some of our other leading medical centers report. That is my point. This is just not that astronomical of an event.
