A musing Beam

This is the 7th post in my series on the current state of knowledge around COVID-19 . My last installment was about death and primary impacts, while in this one I'm focusing on economic and other secondary impacts.  Like I noted last time, we know that current treatment in countries with good healthcare infrastructure leads to a mortality rate of about 2 deaths per 300 infections, and if left to itself would result in about 1.5 million deaths in the US ... if natural herd immunity is a thing, which is a big unknown. But what about secondary impacts, including deaths and other illness caused by the response to the pandemic?  And what positive developments might come from this worldwide tragedy? Negative impacts Deaths indirectly caused by the pandemic and responses People were terrified at the beginning of the pandemic, and that led to many not seeking healthcare until it was too late.  Of course, it's hard to say exactly how many deaths fall into this category.  You can take