COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

Infoman said
If half of US population gets the virus... that's 1.65 million deaths at %1 mortality rate nation wide. And that rate may go up should they all et it in short order and hospitals can't keep up.... Perspective is key on this...

We can't eradicate it right now... but we can slow it to keep the healthcare system from getting swamped....

That's why this has re-opening has to be balanced, and based on local conditions.... there is no "one size fits all" here.

Agree with your last point completely.

On the mortality, the serological evidence is showing evidence of infection in 10x to 50x the number of confirmed cases from the sample. That rate of infection is going to also vary heavily based on locality, but I think 1% mortality is still going to end up on the high end by a meaningful degree. But even at half a percent, it's a dramatic death toll.