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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 3544973, member: 1559"] Unfortunately, a depression would devastate the economy and the health of millions. Ask anybody you know who owns a business about how they are feeling as many will not survive the shutdown even if we opened up tomorrow. And, there will be more layoffs in many industries. I also understand that people are scared and many have witnessed the death of loved ones, friends, and neighbors, but, we now know through lots of data (unfortunately) who the vulnerable are and we can protect them. I believe the stats from Massachusetts are pretty accurate: Deaths under age 30 = 4 Deaths under age 50 = 64 Deaths over age 60 = 4610 Average age of those who died = 82 98.4% had an underlying health issue. 60% of deaths are residents of LT health facilities. We do know that the number of infected people has been underreported as many had the virus before there was testing or they sent people home who were sick without testing early in the pandemic, or they were asymptomatic. The mortality rate for those under 50 in Massachusetts who tested positive for COVID-19 is 0.2%. This percentage is overstated due to the underreported number of people who were exposed and almost all had an underlying health issue. So, we need to protect those over age 65, those with underlying health issues, and those in LT health care facilities. People in those categories should continue to stay at home. If they were working before the pandemic, offer them LT disability pay to stay home until there is a vaccine or successful treatments. [/QUOTE]

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