Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
And BTW, think of the enormous cost of all this...

Fully 14% of Oklahomans do not have any sort of health insurance (near the bottom of the U.S., of course) and another 35% has public health insurance.

The incredible cost will be shared by all of us, including the "it won't happen to me" crowd.
For our country's sake, we need to hope that the many, many thousands of COVID long-haulers are eventually able to recover. If it turns out that chronic illness is a fairly common aftereffect of COVID, the resulting health care costs could be nearly unfathomable, not to mention the effects on productivity and mental health. Just another reason why letting COVID run uncontrolled for the next 6-12 months until we have a widely distributed vaccine is a shortsighted, unwise decision.