On some points I agree, the disease is really terrible, the problem is elected officials are wildly unprepared for the job at hand. I'll never forget Gavin Newsom's dire proclamation that 25M Californians would have covid 19 in a few weeks(we have 174k currently), this was late march [1]. In addition in Santa Clara county I remember this statement saying 16k deaths from covid by end of May(we have 152 currently) - [2]. Don't get me started on Trumps statements! If I put out these insane numbers at my job I would have been fired, and if I wasn't fired I would have resigned in shame. These statements bring extreme anxiety and fear to people and I feel like there will be repercussions come Nov.
Weren't those projections for the "business as usual" scenario? Isn't the fact that the number of actual cases are far lower just a reflection of the fact that society has, in fact, responded by changing the situation and thus lower transmission?
"They told us all that we shouldn't jump off a bridge into shallow water, so none of us did—and not one single person got hurt. I can't believe we all listened to such wild fearmongering."
[1] - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-20/newsom-c...
[2] - https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/san-jose-braces-for-2000-...