> All so that 75 year olds can have an extra month or two of average life expectancy?
In a "More or less" episode the insurance industry debunked that "an extra month or two": it's more like 5 years on average in a first world country.
That's some significant grand-parenting time.
Also, "flattening the curve" was not only about trying to save those old people but to not overwhelm hospitals and cemetaries. The system cannot handle so many excess deaths in so little time.
Your argument sounds like we should have let the virus go rampant and in 6 months:
1. let health workers go grazy
2. wipe out all 75+ people from the planet
Maybe the grand-children could give kisses of death to grandparents and problem is solved?
In a "More or less" episode the insurance industry debunked that "an extra month or two": it's more like 5 years on average in a first world country.
That's some significant grand-parenting time.
Also, "flattening the curve" was not only about trying to save those old people but to not overwhelm hospitals and cemetaries. The system cannot handle so many excess deaths in so little time.
Your argument sounds like we should have let the virus go rampant and in 6 months:
1. let health workers go grazy
2. wipe out all 75+ people from the planet
Maybe the grand-children could give kisses of death to grandparents and problem is solved?