https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/03/covid19_and_the_fog_of_war.html
Every year, many thousands of people die of what is called ordinary flu. Tens of thousands die in traffic accidents. Then there are industrial accidents, household mishaps, and huge numbers of avoidable deaths attributed to tobacco and illegal drugs.
We have, sad to say, learned to live with these deaths. We do not close down society because of them.
The coronavirus (COVID-19), tragic though it is, pales in comparison, so far, with other causes of death.
While we should never downplay the effects of the current pandemic, we must keep it in perspective. To allow the counter-measures to bring about an economic collapse would kill untold numbers of people, directly or indirectly. In addition, the economic collapse of one large, bellicose nation could trigger a war, with millions of dead in a short time.
North Korea claims to have had no COVID-19 infections. Even if that doubtful claim were true, it is but a matter of time before there is an outbreak of the virus there. Faced with the imminent prospect of his entire army being debilitated, Kim Jong-un, mercurial and reckless in the best of times, is likely to roll the dice militarily.
Iran is another case of modern-day but psychologically medieval leaders with their fingers on triggers. They hold an apocalyptic view that commits them to bringing about world chaos in order to prompt the return of their Twelfth Imam. COVID-19 seems to be running rampant in that nation, which rejects U.S. assistance in controlling the disease. Instead of wearing suicide vests, might the newest jihadis choose self-sacrifice by contagion
