Comment on Downplaying coronavirus is intolerable

David Cox of Orono is a retired microbiology laboratory technician. I have heard some people say that it is unfair to subject the entire population of our country to strict mitigation efforts when coronavirus has really affected such a small number of Americans. They have said that the concern is overblown and that we should just live our lives like we always have and not worry about it because so few people get sick and die, so why bother. Let’s take a look at the numbers.