It's such a breath of fresh air coming on HN where most people are numerate and capable of understanding data. I actually agree that most parts of the US shoul

It's such a breath of fresh air coming on HN where most people are numerate and capable of understanding data. I actually agree that most parts of the US should carefully open up - the lockdowns have a significant portion of the population in dire straights. Our society can't survive a long-term lockdown intact, I'm convinced. But that doesn't mean the virus isn't extremely dangerous. It's far worse than the flu. It's irresponsible for folks on social media to insinuate that it's "not even has bad as the flu" based on a few memes they've read. We have to take great care, or more areas will end up like the Tri-state area. As the GP pointed out, the viral load is extremely important in determining mortality among the younger ages. If there is tons of the virus everywhere, the < 60 mortality rate will increase, possibly dramatically. Glad to be on HN where most people understand things like CFR vs IFR (as opposed to a vague "death rate" most of social media talks about) along with issues of bias, etc that can affect any of these studies.