> Most people assume they'll be fine. And they're right. Even those that get it, the vast majority will survive it, like they survive most illnesses.
This assumes that you can get comprehensive treatment from the healthcare system. If you can't, the numbers get very scary, even for the young (relatively speaking). If we really want the "herd immunity" strategy to work, we should still start containment now in order to flatten the curve, accounting for long lags due to the incubation period. "Wait and see" is not a viable approach, and other countries were mistaken in trying it.
This assumes that you can get comprehensive treatment from the healthcare system. If you can't, the numbers get very scary, even for the young (relatively speaking). If we really want the "herd immunity" strategy to work, we should still start containment now in order to flatten the curve, accounting for long lags due to the incubation period. "Wait and see" is not a viable approach, and other countries were mistaken in trying it.