[DSH]

That onus is on you, the young person. Not on him or her. And don’t decide that they need to be locked down so you can walk down the sidewalk. It’s not about you. It’s about them. They are the ones at risk. Not you. Their risk is death. Yours is murder. Don’t pretend it isn’t.

In no civilized, sane society should the young be made to sacrifice for the old. The burden is on the hypochondriacal elderly to keep themselves safe, if they have concerns or fears of some sidewalk miasma.

Old people die. That's what it means to be old. I say that as someone who's pretty old himself.

[Owen]

The virus does not care about society or anyone’s view of civilized. Why would you think such an approach would reduce premature deaths?