You do know that an 0.07 infection rate makes it more than seven times as deadly as the flu's overall rate? And most of flu deaths come for the elderly. For those under 50, that probably translates into a death rate 20 or 30 or 40 times the death rate of flu, or even worse (few people under 50 die from the flu, though there are always some.)
Yes, I am aware of that. If the death rate was 1%, I would be more hesitant to leave my home. But 0.07%, no.
The option I see, for myself, is the following. There are 10,000 marbles in a bag and 7 of them are black, the rest white. Your options are: (1) reach in and grab a marble. If it is white, you're fine, if black you die instantly. Or (2) don't reach in but you need to stay locked up and 3 years of your income will be taken away.
I choose to roll the bones on option 1. For people under 25, only 2 of those 10,000 are black. What do you think most 25 year olds will do.
Quality of life matters John. Your generation may have been bigger then the GenXers, allowing you to push them around, especially in business, but the millennials are bigger then yours, so you cant hold this back, no matter how hard you try.
You had your fun in the sun and I get that at your age, you are more apprehensive, but you have a house that is (probably) fully paid for and a large portfolio to pull cash from. I don't have the luxury of 50+ years in the work forced to have built the amount of wealth you have yet. So, with a significantly lower threat of death (not just with this virus, but anything), I have different priorities. If you dont like it, stay inside.
To add to your point, I did read this week data is show for those under 25, the flu is actually more deadly. For 25 to 55, C-19 is more deadly, but only slightly so. For those 55 to 75, it is significantly more deadly. For those over 75, only about twice as deadly, a sudden drop more then likely due to how susceptible those over 75 are to anything. This did not come from a scientific source, just independent data analysis, so I am hesitant to post it.
This is looking more and more like so many people decided to bring us to war with windmills.