“save lives, period, no matter what it costs”
Sounds suspiciously like “we have to destroy the village in order to save it”.
Which is why we need a stimulus package that helps struggling Americans and small businesses through this. If we go back to work too early the increased death rate will tank the economy anyway. There really is no “good” solution here, only the lesser of 2 evils.
As a healthy 30 year old I am not worried about dying from the CV. I am, however, worried about my dad, who is in his 60’s. He has a heart condition and has had several bouts of bronchitis in the past. If he gets the CV it will not be just a passing cold. If that happens I’d like him to have a bed in the ICU, a ventilator, and medical staff to help him, which won’t happen if our ICUs are overloaded. Meanwhile people aren’t going to stop having heart attacks and other serious medical conditions just because the hospitals are overloaded so many people who would otherwise have survived will die.
You have to be alive to enjoy your livelihood.