Re: We are not discussing pneumonic plague, Ebola, or smallpox
You are only considering the deaths directly due to infection with Covid-19. The number of medical staff killed by allowing the disease to 'run rampant' would reduce the availability of expert clinicians who would successfully treat people for other diseases, such as cancers, traumatic injuries caused by road traffic accidents or in the home, and of course reduce the detection rates of cancers and other diseases in time to be cured before they are too far advanced to be treated.
Then there are deaths among the people who maintain the services used by the general population which help to prevent accidents and diseases, and of course the fear of contracting Covid-19 which means people will delay visiting clinicians for serious injuries or diseases (stroke, heart attacks etc.) who may die.
I am opposed to trying the 'run rampant' approach, although we can all watch Brazil and see what happens (God help them) ...
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