You’re correct and I thjink we all know why the death rate is not reported out as you say, broken down by age. To have done that as soon as it became obvious back in March would have made the nation wide shutdown impossible.
I don’t think there is an answer to how to deal with it. Old people represent most of the money. That’s what “lifetime savings” means.
If you quarantined only the old people, you would lose about 11% of money out of the economy. That’s less severe than total shutdown for 2 months, but the problem is it would be 11% out of an economy growing at only 3% and it would be nearly forever, or until a cure is invented.
The cruise industry would still be smashed. So would airlines. And instead of 2 months, it would be ongoing. Hell, it is anyway.
The total economy shutdown tried to save old people. It’s now in the process of failing.
There is no fix for this other than a cure. Not a vaccine. A cure.
At this point prestigious organizations like Johns Hopkins and Henry Ford Health System (hcq study) are starting to worry about their long term credibility.