If all this is true, we over-reacted. Why are we still doing it?

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For the first time, the CDC has attempted to offer a real estimate of the overall death rate for COVID-19, and under its most likely scenario, the number is 0.26%. Officials estimate a 0.4% fatality rate among those who are symptomatic and project a 35% rate of asymptomatic cases among those infected, which drops the overall infection fatality rate (IFR) to just 0.26% — almost exactly where Stanford researchers pegged it a month ago. … Ultimately, we might find out that the IFR is even lower because numerous studies and hard counts of confined populations have shown a much higher percentage of asymptomatic cases. Simply adjusting for a 50% asymptomatic rate would drop their fatality rate to 0.2% – exactly the rate of fatality Dr. John Ionnidis of Stanford University projected.

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Health experts have noted that the faster the disease spreads and hits its peak, the fewer people will die.

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So why are some places still locked down? Why are some still wearing masks and disinfecting everything they touch?

Fear. Virtue signaling. Wanting to trash the economy before the election. Other reasons?