KewlJ wrote:

"So near as I can tell, shutting down everything, New York, California, Las Vegas, schools and businesses almost everywhere, isn't really about protecting people, it is just about slowing the spread down."

I believe that the main reason for shutting down everything is just to hopefully buy TIME. This country is currently ill-prepared (in every aspect) to fight this virus on a large scale quickly. It is not about closing down everything for the elderly's sake they are going to die in large numbers anyway. I think Monet has good forsight on the trouble ahead.