It's one thing to bring up actual statistics of cases that already exist and deaths that have already happened. What's completely unacceptable is fear mongering and sensationalism. People need a message of hope, not a grim forecast of how bad things will be in the long run. People are losing their businesses, jobs and homes over this. They want to believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel through all this bullshit. They want to believe that the loss of their livelihood was only a temporary price to be paid to flatten the curve and that none of these sacrifices were done in vain.
Some people just get off on negativity. They want to be vigilant about the precautions that must be taken to fight the virus but could care less how long it takes to do so. They're fixated only on the disease with very little regard for the financial ruin it will cause most people. Unless you have alternative solutions to their inability to generate income at this time, shut the fuck up. If you want to prey on others' fears, shut the fuck up. We're all eating a shit sandwich. The last thing we need is brainless and unfounded speculation.