I put this together for someone I know who doesn't have the time to research.

Anything I could add?

Total covid-19 statistics as of May 8th in the United States

Deaths: 47,128

Infections (confirmed and suspected): 1,248,040

Covid19 tests done: 8,110,000

United States Population: 330,721,730

Percentage of people tested have covid19: 15.38%

Extrapolate to US population of likely possible infected: 0.1538 x 330,721,730 = 50,865,002

Death rate: 0.092%

How does this compare to the 2017-2018 flu season?

*Numbers are approximate due to how flu is reported

Total flu infections: 48.8 million

Total deaths: 79,400

This is a 0.16% death rate.

Sources:

Take note of the true death number (Media/Google reports include Pneumonia and some cases influenza) here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/

Misrepresenting total deaths according to the first link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing#how-many-tests-are-performed-each-day

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018/archive.htm

Secondary evidence this lockdown/social distancing is unnecessary:

Hospitals paid to report covid: https://accountingweekly.com/us-hospitals-getting-paid-to-list-patients-as-covid-19/

"Pa. removes more than 200 deaths from official coronavirus count as questions mount about reporting process, data accuracy" https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/spl/pennsylvania-death-count-changes-confusion-coroanvirus-20200423.html

Infection rate is probably even higher than 15.38% (DEATHS DON'T CHANGE) https://www.healthline.com/health-news/50-percent-of-people-with-covid19-not-aware-have-virus

China reopend in March: https://www.barrons.com/articles/chinas-reopening-is-missing-consumers-thats-a-bad-sign-for-u-s-51587476793

Wuhan opened in April: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/asia/coronavirus-wuhan-lockdown-lifted-intl-hnk/index.html