@Plinz Every day you shut down the economy costs $58 billion and saves a *maximum* of 17,906 lives. That's over US $3.25 million dollars for every life saved. Worth it?
Assumptions: US GDP of $65,000 per capita; 2% death rate; US population of 327 million
Also note that half the cases will drop out of the workforce for a month, and many will have lasting disabilities. It is also not clear if we get immunity, so we may face the same situation next year if we don't stamp it out.
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It's also not even a half-shutdown. We are probably looking at ~25% unemployment, mostly in non-essential areas (eg Las Vegas is hit very hard, but that won't threaten food supply or technology).
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