Originally Posted by iahphx

By the tone of your comment, I know you're playing for Team Apocalypse and don't really care about facts. Those facts show there is a ZERO chance of dying from COVID-19 if you are young, and a near zero chance of dying if you do not have serious pre-existing medical conditions. These are facts, whether you are willing to accept them or not. Fortunately for Europe, it does seem like most Europeans are capable of understanding the science. For while the mortality rate in Europe is stratospherically higher than the USA (outside of NYC), Europe is reopening and most of the USA is not. Illness and death are terrible, but wholier-than--thou demagoguery isn't so great either.