You are conflating two things. This guy's illness was about the same as worst bout of flu -- that doesn't mean that's necessarily typical, but let's say it is.

You are conflating two things. This guy's illness was about the same as worst bout of flu -- that doesn't mean that's necessarily typical, but let's say it is. Currently, in most of the USA, your chances of getting covid are probably a LOT higher than that of getting the flu. Way more people are getting covid than getting a bad case of the flu. So it's not quite the same. If the chances of getting the flu were always this high, including the chances of really severe disease or death for some (say, those with organ transplants)... we probably would have been doing something different. But I agree with you we shoudln't have to, don't need to, and can't sustainably simply shut down life forever. I find the experts advice reassuring. IF you are vaccinated: > Even with delta, the goal is not to go back to a lockdown mindset, though, says Malani. "My hope is that people who are fully vaccinated should really feel like this risk is manageable." > "Feel good about spending time with your friends, or having a small dinner party, but make sure everyone is vaccinated," she says. For now I am wearing a mask at the store (not that big a deal), and avoiding large public unmasked gatherings. In part because I want to try to help get community transmission rates a lot lower so we can then do more. But I agree I'm not gonna do it forever.