Wait out the virus? What’s the endgame of that?

Sure, flattening the curve, but we can’t flatten it until the economy is utterly destroyed. That way lies madness and will harm far, far more people than the virus ever will or could. Simulations show that we’re just delaying. There’s no way we can delay until a vaccine is created and distributed. Civilization will have nearly ended at that point, so no vaccine will be administered anyway.

People, not understanding the economy and not having a clue about much else, believe the oddest things.