Not sure i would use blow up to describe the situation. If you look at the Median age in Europe, the oldest population are found in Italy, Germany, Portugal and

Not sure i would use blow up to describe the situation. If you look at the Median age in Europe, the oldest population are found in Italy, Germany, Portugal and Greece, see https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Median_age_of_population,_2008-18_(years)_.png https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... The mortality rate is still quite uncertain, either you believe the Chinese data (https://www.flattenthecurve.com/ https://www.flattenthecurve.com/) or you can lean towards the South Korean data (https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030 https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=00...). The Korean data has half the mortality rate of that in China. Bottom-line is that we are doing this to protect the elderly, so that the healthcare system won't be overrun. And in the process hopefully a vaccine or treatment will be introduced to counter the virus.