There's a balance of course. But no No one is arguing that. That is exactly how you math out when you turn the interventions on and off and at what significance. What harm are you causing versus helping. But for the mental exercise, Society is paying to lower the death rate with a fair estimated range 5% down to 1%. So 12 million lives? What's the cost (actually asking, I dunno) of each life being paid? How much is each person paying for that life? Interesting actuarial thoughts outside of the ethics of monetizing your entry to this lottery.
Back to the point though, how does China come out of this? Do they?
Did the math. wtf @ENOCK
Too early for perfection but news economist thinks our longterm hit with the coronavirus measures is 800 billion in permanent loss for the shutdowns.
5%->1% death rate = 12 million lives saved
800 bil / 12 mil = 66666.666666 per person saved
Why is it always 6?!?!
Each american will lose $2666 forever (and more temporarily but some will come back in delayed payments according to the article.)