There should be an incapacitation rate metric which quantifies what percentage of the population becomes unable to function for some significant period while in

There should be an incapacitation rate metric which quantifies what percentage of the population becomes unable to function for some significant period while infected. A 1% IFR is very bad, but you're still going to have serious problems with a virus that doesn't kill anyone but makes most of the population very ill for a month or so - showstopper lights-go-out kinds of problems. The problem now of course is that a significant percentage of the population has been propagandised into irrational lunacy, and will refuse to wear masks and get vaccinated even if their close relatives die. We should really have spent some time trying to prevent mental and emotional contagion in populations, as well as physical illness.