[joshgel]

That’s not the only problem. Say you aren’t high risk, great! But do you really want to live in a world without a functioning health care system. Because that is what you are promoting. When hospitals get overwhelmed, even minor issues can become catastrophic.

In a car crash? Need some surgical repair? Too bad, we’re not open for business because we’re trying to keep critically ill patients alive and need the gowns and equipment for healthcare workers.

[AntonStratiev]

That would only be the case for 3 months, after which those who were most vulnerable to the virus would have perished.

2.8m Americans die annually, basically we are just seeing 1-2 years of deaths brought forward into a 3 month window. It will be harrowing to triage those patients but it can be managed.

I would prefer that situation to living through a great depression. Healthcare is irrelevant without a job or any income whatsoever, with huge sections of the economy closed and extensive restrictions on what individuals can and can't do.

I have parents in their late 60s who are looking at their entire retirement portfolio evaporating.

I have a terminally ill sister and aunt who are faced with spending their final weeks/months in lockdown, with people unable to visit them or attend their funerals. They are struggling to access regular supplies due to hoarding.

[dannyr]

The thing is these millions of elderly people dying are someone else's relatives.

It could even be yours.

Will you be ok with that?

[aianus]

What about the millions of elderly people who will die this year of natural causes and whose final moments on Earth will now be of loneliness, boredom, and despair?

Depending on the duration, of course, the lockdowns seem to have the potential to be much crueler and sadder than an earlier death.

[pinkfoot]

> Will you be ok with that?

I am sorely tempted to answer this honestly.

[adamsea]

Go talk to your friends who have elderly parents or grandparents and see what they think about that.

Go have the courage of your convictions and go talk to some elderly people and explain that to them, see what they think about that.

I know what I think about that.