The idea that only the old and sick are dying is a false notion. Sadly, there are plenty of middle aged folks dying.
Look in this day and ages, most people in their 30's and above have some sort of longterm medical condition. American lifestyle and eating habits playing into that causing younger and younger people to have obesity and related chronic conditions live diabetes and high blood pressure at an earlier age than ever. Cancer too becomes more prevalent all the time, even in younger people. (Sadly even in children). Asthma is another. Maybe related to worsening air quality, I don't know. But greater numbers of Americans of all ages have some sort of chronic health condition.
One of the things that is a real measuring stick of any society is how they treat and care for their elderly and vulnerable citizens. We just don't turn our back on the elderly and most vulnerable and leave them to die as they did in the barbaric days. There people in the nursing homes that are being hit hard are the men and women from the "greatest" generation". We all owe them a debt of gratitude. We don't pay that debt turning our back on them. So if all of us sacrificing a bit of our freedom, spending more time at home, no sports, no concerts, no casinos or other large gatherings, for a year until our scientist come up with a vaccination, buys these folks of the greatest generation a little more time....it is the least we can do.
Maybe there is a way for some compromise. Opening up some and getting some of the economy going but doing so responsibly and not just saying "fuck it, open up back to normal and screw those vulnerable".
The idea that only the old and sick are dying is a false notion. Sadly, there are plenty of middle aged folks dying.
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