The “ old” will not remain imprisoned for 18 months waiting for a vaccine or “ herd immunity” that may or may not occur.
I am over 65 and I won’t take their damn vaccine even when it’s ready if EVER!! Flu vaccines every damn year turn out to be for the wrong strain, no vaccine for HIV, no vaccine for the common cold, no vaccine for Ebola, so what the hell have Bill Gates & Fauci been doing???
The fearful among the old may hibernate away in a miserable but long existence.
Those among the old who value quality of life over quantity may choose fewer but fuller days of LIFE.
Let them choose!