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I doubt that. People would naturally follow social distancing protocols (out of fear for their own lives). They would still hang out, but less and more in the o
by tomp 5y ago
I doubt that. People would naturally follow social distancing protocols (out of fear for their own lives). They would still hang out, but less and more in the open, and still go to the doctor, but less and only for the necessary issues. Literally the only place where "healthcare systems collapsed" (in the West) was Italy, which was caught completely unprepared.
There's a sensible middle ground between life-as-normal and enforced lockdowns.
- standardUser 5y agoWe only know what happened with radical mitigation efforts. What happened was, ICUs repeatedly got near capacity and occasionally exceeded it in the US. What would happen without those radical mitigation efforts? ICUs would have had even more people with life-threatening illnesses and healthcare would have been rationed, resulting in more deaths.