Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
I think you mean without social distancing, not with. If so, I think the number of deaths with or without social distancing will be roughly the same. They will be more spread out with social distancing, but I've seen no evidence, nor anyone claim, that social distancing will largely decrease the total number of deaths.

ETA: and yes, I agree covid is more deadly than the flu. Just not sure how much yet.
This. We're just elongating the curve not suppressing the virus.