The great majority of people who catch the Covid19 virus actually survive. In fact there is significant evidence that many people who have it don't have symptoms and may never have any.
Still, some percentage of those who get it get sick and some get very sick. A few (relatively) die.
I still sometimes wonder if we are being too cautious.
As bad as the 1918-1919 Spanish Flu was, and it killed a great many people (if you look at the numbers as a percentage of the population it would equate, today, to infecting 2 billion people and killing 200 million worldwide) we managed, and in many ways better than now.
Of course, had they followed the practices we are following today the numbers may have been a lot less. Its also possible that a lot less would have died if we had the technology we have today.
Right now I'm living in one of the hot spots and the local news frequently highlights families that have lost one or more loved ones and the fact that they were unable to say their goodbyes. I do understand their sadness and pain but the alternative would be for more of them to potentially get sick and maybe die. Their loved one certainly wouldn't want that.
Dying is the one activity that every one of us will experience and the only one where we can't learn from the experience of others. No one who has died can write a "Dying for Dummies" book.
We tend to judge it from the survivors view for obvious reasons, but whether a dying person cares is unknown.
We also don't know if its a transition or an end, although many people claim they do know.
We will all find out someday.
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