[Farm93]

Yeah, I would have thought that as a society we would not be ok with hundreds of thousands of people dying, but here we are.

BC

I think many Americans believe some other people will die, and those deaths are OK.  If deaths approach 250,000 we would be saying ~1 in 1,000 adults would die from COVID19.   I guess that is an acceptable death rate to many Americans. 

I would have guessed that Americans would not want to be stuck at home for months if that meant losing their job and health care insurance.    That part of the story is not shocking to me. 

I would have thought that Americans would be willing to wear surgical masks and demand tracing to accelerate their access to their job and health care.

I never would have guessed that wearing a mask, widely thought by experts to reduce the risk of death, would become political.

[Farm93]

Yeah, I would have thought that as a society we would not be ok with hundreds of thousands of people dying, but here we are.

BC

I think many Americans believe some other people will die, and those deaths are OK.  If deaths approach 250,000 we would be saying ~1 in 1,000 adults would die from COVID19.   I guess that is an acceptable death rate to many Americans. 

I would have guessed that Americans would not want to be stuck at home for months if that meant losing their job and health care insurance.    That part of the story is not shocking to me. 

I would have thought that Americans would be willing to wear surgical masks and demand tracing to accelerate their access to their job and health care.

I never would have guessed that wearing a mask, widely thought by experts to reduce the risk of death, would become political.