I love the way people bandy about statistics. Unchecked the death rate would be 1-2%. without distancing, without ITU, without dexamethasone. However that is still not massive and compared with malaria and TB....... the problem is it has effected the developed world and they have had to respond, so yes you could say economy and freedom first and let mortality take the hit. The issue is that 30% of people with significant symptoms and 12% of those with more minor symptoms have persistent medical issues at 12 weeks and the only treatment to date is mRNA vaccination. A majority of those who have had significant symptoms have an abnormal CT chest with interstitial changes months later which wont get a tick for a Class 1. I do wonder if we had followed the 'let it rip' policy how we would have any international travel as many many pilots would have lost their medicals. Please do not forget the long Covid issue