Just going by these statistics even that 1% being a collective fatality rate with way less on young and way more on elderly if allowed to spread freely on the whole US population without any controls or vaccine that’s is still
30 million people who by your account wouldn’t recover from Covid.
And yes it is a theoretical number and not everyone would get affected but 1% is still huge on national and global scale.
For comparison your chances of dying in terrorist attack are around one in 470000
The Mathematical Probability Of Dying From A Terrorist Attack In The US
and US still uses insane amounts of money for counter terrorism.
Your individual chances for getting over Covid are good but some people catch the bad odds.
Should we just shrug our shoulders and claim it is unfortunate for those people(of which you or your loved ones might still be included) or work to decrease the risk for everyone ?
Most people are aware of the side effects mentioned here in people’s economical, psychological and religious condition which is why it is a balancing act.
If you are able to follow advice on working from home, wearing mask on public transport and washing your hands then perhaps you should do so.
If you have damaged lungs, a work that requires your physical presence or you risk not getting money to feed your kids or you feel a religious dread that you are going to hell for missing few months of church attendance then perhaps you shouldn’t follow the recommendations because clearly for you the side effects are worse than the chances of dying from the virus.
Frankly if people just used bit of common sense we would get over this much sooner.