Mortality is not the only thing that matters. We don’t know what this virus does to survivors, even potentially asymptomatic ones. The little that we do know ap

Mortality is not the only thing that matters. We don’t know what this virus does to survivors, even potentially asymptomatic ones. The little that we do know appears to be alarming (potentially permanent lung damage, some potential cases of brain damage). We already know about viruses that sit inside people asymptomatically for years and years before wreaking havoc. Of course we cannot live permanently paralyzed by “what ifs,” but planning that focuses entirely on mortality rate is ignoring a huge, huge piece of this equation.