Another question, though, is whether any lives would have been saved in the long run.
A vaccine showing up before we have to relax controls is not a given. If we have to rely on population immunity, a certain number of people need to get sick for us to attain it. Of course, we want the least vulnerable people to do that, and for it to happen at a rate that doesn't cause healthcare overload and excess mortality (which NYC came perilously close to).
>A vaccine showing up before we have to relax controls is not a given.
The opposite is probably a given. In the US, opening won't be initially full throttle but I think it's probably a given that significant re-opening will happen over the next 30-45 days.
A vaccine showing up before we have to relax controls is not a given. If we have to rely on population immunity, a certain number of people need to get sick for us to attain it. Of course, we want the least vulnerable people to do that, and for it to happen at a rate that doesn't cause healthcare overload and excess mortality (which NYC came perilously close to).