a better analogy would be asbestos that kills 5 times + as many people as it saves (up to 100k in the UK so far), similar with the current lockdown that can't continue in its current form
Interesting to compare it with asbestos. When you work with asbestos now that we know better we cover ourselves from head to foot. We could do that I suppose. Get making the extra ppe.
Social distancing is easier. I think we can achieve lots of activities with care.