Loss of life is permanent. No one lives forever. What we need are accurate statistics about the people who have died from the corona virus. If most (all?) are simply elderly, then all elderly people need to self -isolate. If, on the other hand, they are mostly (all?) people with several underlying conditions (CO-morbidities, obesity, smokers), then people with these need to self-isolate. Shutting down the entire country may even be necessary but honest , complete data needs to be publicized.
Comparing the USA to Italy with its extremely aged population, it’s socialized medicine where wait times are long, it’s very high smoking rate etc., may not tell the whole story.
Society had changed in the last 20 yrs. In the last 5 yrs, push for reusable bags, which is a Petri dish of diseases. We are living closer. Now parents had given the responsibility of kids to the Teachers Union.
Where I live, they think the Government is their baby sitter. They need sucker from Government.