> The larger picture is that China by pursuing these policies has stopped millions of deaths, probably tens of millions of cases of long term disabilities, and

> The larger picture is that China by pursuing these policies has stopped millions of deaths, probably tens of millions of cases of long term disabilities, and overall kept the economy going. I think it's a little disingenious to use the word "stopped" in that way. It would be far more accurate to have said "delayed". Maybe we should all refresh ourselves on what the most common causes of death are by age group. For the US, the data is here: https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/LeadingCauses.html https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/LeadingCauses.html https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/leading_causes_of_death_by_age_group_2018-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/leading_causes_of_dea... the second link is apparently the latest dataset available, for 2018. Am I the only one who thinks it's going to be interesting to see where exactly Covid ranks once we get round to having data for 2020 onwards?