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

Taurus said

Yeah, but don't misread that. The total number of deaths per day is up, too.
Not every C19 victim makes it to a hospital. They're found at home.
So it's a mix and you have to figure the excess is largely due to Covid-19.

My point with the life expectancy data was to debunk the idea that a depression will result in this widespread carnage of suicides and starvation. It didn't in the 30's.

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Yeah, while it's hard on people, we're more resilient than you might expect. I get that we have certain expectations about the economy and jobs, it's times like this when we need to dig deep and make do with less. I've been down that road before. If there's something of a social and economic safety net, I think we can last a while in lockdown. That said, a $1200 one time payment isn't sustainable for very long. It's going to get to a point where either the government steps in with temporary monthly payments for those out of work, or we're gonna have a massive crisis on our hands.

I hope we get through this, but seeing that parts of Asia is already seeing a substantial second wave going on, we may still be in the somewhat early stages of this. We need to be prepared to make some tough decisions. The next 6 month are not gonna be a walk in the park.