This may well be true, but it's only a small part of the equation. The equation evidently (according to OC): take the death count ... versus ... mass unemploy

This may well be true, but it's only a small part of the equation. The equation evidently (according to OC): take the death count ... versus ... mass unemployment, no basic medical services and cancer screenings Part of the RHS was also most hospitals are bankrupt, and the weird claim that tax revenues are the only way to fund essential services. (I'd suggest cutting costs in other areas - defence, for example - is one way to rediscover funds for essential services.) Anyway, I expect that where you are right now, what you're seeing going on around (aka the level of incompetence exhibited by your leaders / government) along with the usual way your society and economy work, is going to significantly affect which way you lean on that equation. Also if you run the stats and conclude you personally are not likely to be part of the death count, but you would be inconvenienced by a cautious approach, you're probably going to lean towards the '[other] people dying ain't so bad' camp.