“Seems to me, this thing just has to run its course.”
Bingo. You can slow it down but you can’t stop it.
There is too much fear mongering over this. On a normal day around 150,000 people die of non-accidental deaths - most of them very old and very sick - but they are vulnerable so if they catch the flu -a lot of them are goners.
It’s sad, but everyone just takes it for granted because there’s nothing you can do - 60 million people are going to die each year and 60 million born each year to replace them. Cycle of life.
But then along comes this pandemic and it will kill far, far fewer, mostly kill the same high risk people (many of whom were already on their death beds) and everyone flies into a panic.
I think it is because of the way it is getting reported and the idea that it’s up to us to stop it. We can’t stop all the other deaths - what makes us think we can stop all of these ones? We don’t report a daily tally of deaths of other causes - but these particular deaths - we keep a running tally.
I think we should go back to work - but just be more careful - wash hands, stop shaking hands - stop unnecessary touching of railings and doorknobs - stay home when you are sick.