> Why shouldn't we remove the lockdown if we can manage to do so without overwhelming hospitals?
Because until we have an effective vaccine or treatment, that'd mean something about 2% mortality rate across the infected population, which, without any containment, would be close to 100% as this thing is crazy contagious. That's 6 million dead people.
And keep in mind that 2% is a very optimistic number. Germany has twice as many. In the US about 6% of the confirmed cases are already dead, with only about half recovered. From that 6%, it'd be 22 million dead people.
Because until we have an effective vaccine or treatment, that'd mean something about 2% mortality rate across the infected population, which, without any containment, would be close to 100% as this thing is crazy contagious. That's 6 million dead people.
And keep in mind that 2% is a very optimistic number. Germany has twice as many. In the US about 6% of the confirmed cases are already dead, with only about half recovered. From that 6%, it'd be 22 million dead people.