Would you rather pay $120 in one month,
or $20 a month or 6 months,
or $10 a month for 12 months?

That’s “flattening the curve” of COVID-19.

The USA government was worried during the uncertain begining that hospital ICU’s would be overwhelmed,
and that in particular ventilators would be insufficient in numbers large enough to be “miracle life saving devices.”

The USA did “flatten the curve”
and ventilators numbers were sufficient
yet they were not “miracle life savers.”

We will have to wait many more months to count up the total deaths during the complete beginning to end course of this epidemic inside the USA.

Imagine for a moment an “alternative history”.

At the beginning of the coronavirus either governors or the President asked 18 to 28 year old females to volunteer to be deliberately infected with COVID-19 in special isolated camps, recover over 30 days, then twice a week donate “convalescent plasma” that would be rushed out to treat both the sick and the medical workers in the hospitals.

With 20/20 hindsight this might have been better policy and saved more lives.

Do you know the history of James Washington, George Washington’s son?
He volunteered at age 15 to fight at the battle of Yorktown but died of disease before the final assault.

Maybe we should have asked for 15 to 21 year old convalescent plasma volunteers?