At some point the idea of quarantining the aged, infirm and vulnerable rather than shit-canning the entire economy might make more sense..
Depending on sources, and related suicides, it’s estimated that for every 1% unemployment rises in the U.S., between 10,000 - 45,000 additional people die.
So a 10% rise in unemployment as a result of this self-inflicted economic shutdown could result in between 100,000 – 450,000 deaths over the year.
A more likely 20% rise in unemployment could result in some 200,000 – 900,000 deaths! That’s up to almost one million lives lost!
And this does not take into account the full social, economic, business and finance, housing and poverty as well as physical and mental health effects during and following the shutdown. Australian governments have followed with such draconian measures and now Australians face a similar bleak future too.
All this for a cold virus that looks increasingly likely to
take no more lives than severe seasonal flu! WTF!!!
This is the sort of
panicked, illogical and completely irrational decisions those in authority make based on fear and ignorance and
when orchestrated by powerful vested interests.
