A couple of different government agencies tried to estimate what the average human life is worth recently. One came up with 10 million dollars. The other came up with 11 million. (This was for US citizens.) So "let them die" as policy could get rather expensive in terms of GPD and the economy as a whole. $100 is a drop in the bucket compared to what the government is paying to take care of Covid-19 patients. Especially when you consider what will happen in the future with all the folks too sick from Long Covid to work. Considering the percentages of Covid victims (even young folks with asymptomatic cases) who end up with long-term symptoms, that could demote us to Third World status.
