In the spirit of COVID, did you know that more than 40,000 Americans die annually due to auto accidents ? (updated for content)

I propose a ban on auto travel outside the city of residence.  Live in Denver,  work in Denver.  Live in Cottonwood, work in Cottonwood.  Live  in Phily, go to school (at all levels) in Phily.

No Freeway or highway travel.

This will require a mass migration involving workers to the immediate locale of their workplace and students to "area schools and colleges."

Understand that the saving of just one life (not to mention 600,000 lives) would make this economic change of direction critically important.

And think of the Progressive advancement toward a socialist state based on the demand, alone, of a faster growing population  (6 milllion in 10 years ).

And what if we banned water sports in an effort to save 320,000 lives World Wide?  I don't know how many folks die falling in the shower,  but a helmet requirement would solve that problem   . . .  and the saving of even one live would made that requirement reasonable.

30,000 folks die each year because of influenza.  Why not enforce the same social requirements as are in place with COVID ??  Of course we would have to fundamentally transform our economic production processes and eliminate all factory production that could not adapt to social distancing requirments.

In fact,  we could almost eliminate all domestically transmitted diseases if we enforced social distancing rules . . . . .  and wearing helmets in the shower would save lives.

My point?
Living life without risk is impossible.