Well, one way to do the math is say, a 6 month shutdown is losing half-a-year for * 300m people. So it costs 150million years of dating, going to the park, the beach, etc.
So if the average lifespan is 75 years, a 6 month shutdown could be viewed as costing 2million lifespans of being outside.
Now this is rough, because being dead versus quarantined isn't the same. On the other hand, the people dying are predominantly at end-of-life, so the figure might really want to multiply by 10 to get a better estimate (because most of the dying people will have had < 10 years left anyways).
And that's entirely aside from the economic consequences.
So if the average lifespan is 75 years, a 6 month shutdown could be viewed as costing 2million lifespans of being outside.
Now this is rough, because being dead versus quarantined isn't the same. On the other hand, the people dying are predominantly at end-of-life, so the figure might really want to multiply by 10 to get a better estimate (because most of the dying people will have had < 10 years left anyways).
And that's entirely aside from the economic consequences.