Isn’t it as callous to dismiss the 50 million people who have filed for unemployment for the 200-210K who have died from the pandemic, esp when the majority of those are older?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/07/09/nearly-50-...
From an argument perspective, I’d suggest that if we want to allay encryption restrictions because we don’t buy “think of the children”, the same logic could be applied to the economy and the 50m already at economic risk. People are dying and suffering from poverty, starvation.. around the globe. Children aren’t have their childhoods.
And per https://swprs.org/facts-about-covid-19/ perhaps we’ve flattened the death curve and we need more targeted policies for those who are truly at risk.
Those are all numbers with all the prevention/protections put in place. You don't get to use them as an argument against "shutting down the economy".
> "of the 198k deaths in the US, only 16K were younger than 54 years of age"
And the other 200k (your numbers are a little dated) apparently aren't worth worrying about?