On a societal level, you want to slow it down. A lot of deaths in Wuhan were caused by medical system overload. A small percentage of infected died even after g

On a societal level, you want to slow it down. A lot of deaths in Wuhan were caused by medical system overload. A small percentage of infected died even after getting invasive breathing assistance, etc. But many others didn't get a hospital bed at all and presumably died with milder conditions. There's a big difference in the fatality rate inside and outside Wuhan, and that difference is from an overloaded system. ~5% in Wuhan versus <1% in the rest of China.* * https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-...