You just have to shake your head in wonderment-- does DeSantis understand the concept of a pandemic and how this virus is transmitted, or is he so jaded he simply doesn't care if people get sick and/or die? I don't get it. My husband says well, we have to get the economy going--- I look at him in wonderment too and don't feel like arguing about how you need to contain the virus before you can get the economy going.
Well, there is a point of view that says everyone should just get Covid. Predictions are that about 3% of people overall would die in that case. Then it would be pretty much over - unless of course CoVid really does attack T cell immunity, as currently theorized by several reputable scientists. And unless we can get it over and over until we die from it.
I hate to try to state it, but it has its own internal logic, I guess.
It is in this model that 15-25% of those 85 and over die (whether in care homes or not, just to make that clear).
4-5% of those aged 75-84 (all figures in this post are approximate), 3% for those aged 65-84, 1-2% of those 50-74, 1% of those 30-49. Less than half a percent of the rest.
That's a lot of dead people. However, as I am frequently told by younger people, "Old people are going to die soon anyway." Relatively speaking, that's true. It's rather heartless, but it's true.
I don't think I'll be taking my retirement fund and spending it on bars and restaurants though. I think I'll donate it to a worthy cause after splitting a good chunk between my offspring.
It's only about 2-5 million more Americans who die in this model - and our only control at this point seems to be whether it will be fast (Florida style) or slow (New York style).
We don't know the real rates because so many Americans have known comorbidities that make figures from other nations less useful, we have terrible data here on the home front (if we consider the nation as a whole), and, well, a lot of people won't know they have some comorbidity (such as an electrical issue with their heart) until they get CoVid that affects their heart. It's always that way with infectious disease.
I hope those young people have enough coin to take the wheel of the economy and pay enough taxes to support the government and its expenses, as well as themselves and all the businesses they are going to visit. I wonder how many of them will inherit much if their parents are the unlucky ones who die (that would be about 3% of their parents, on average).
Most Americans are in debt, they don't have a lot of savings. House payments are real (and young people may not even know what the house payment is - much less taxes and upkeep).
Anyway - there's a view that says just bite the bullet, get it over with and move on. All of this is very eye-opening. DeSantis has let the genie out of the bottle. I think it's also the case that FL has more old people than many other states...
