The same could be said about the flu that killed 80,000 Americans and up to 800,000 people in 2018 with up to 1B infections. Perspective is important.Then why shut down at all anywhere in the world? 🙄 Obviously people are having trouble protecting themselves from it, else they wouldn’t be dying.
We are going to find out if distancing matters very soon. If it doesn't, the virus is out and we'll have to deal with it like the flu. If it goes anywhere close to 1 in 2 people infected, no closing of stores or anything matters anymore. This is to try to prevent that scenario.
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And it's headline news, and still one person. We make decisions based on general facts, not tragedies like this. If I told you an airline crashed, would you never fly again?And a 17 year old with no pre-existing conditions just died in California.
There seem to be other circumstances in the 17 year old case.

Questions arise after teen's death was initially linked to coronavirus in California | CNN
California health officials are reevaluating the death of a 17-year-old boy from coronavirus, saying his case is "complex" and needs further investigation.