I agree with this. It's not heartless. I think it's the only way. Next year we'll be moaning about child poverty, suicide statsitics, the lack of hope for the young. The number of old people we keep alive can't be the only stat.
If you express that view or even suggest it you get labeled heartless.
Our life expectancy has increased in such a short time from mid 40s to late 80s, only 100 years ago you rarely had people living past late 50s.
Of course we must show compassion when anyone passed away but its part of being alive, you are born and you die.
This quest to prevent deaths of the elderly will destroy the future for our young. If people though austerity was tough when we get to the other side it will be 10 x worse.
Its not sustainable for our economy or to keep the country in lockdown.
As someone who works in the pharmaceutical industry, I very much doubt we will get a cure for at least 3 years and that's being very optimistic. We haven't even developed a cure for SARS or MERS and they arose in 2012.
Some tough decisions need to be made in the next 3 months.