Over a lifetime perhaps, but COVID-19 has the potential to kill about a million Americans within the next year, which would make it the leading cause of death b

Over a lifetime perhaps, but COVID-19 has the potential to kill about a million Americans within the next year, which would make it the leading cause of death by a large margin (surpassing heart disease by 50%). That's assuming a conservative death rate of 1% more inline with South Korea or Diamond Princess rather than the 3.4% the WHO currently estimates or the 5% seen in Wuhan, and assuming a 33% infection rate rather than the upper bounds of 60-80% some experts are predicting. If you have a chance to save a million lives it's probably worth taking some precautions.