So the prediction by Neil Ferguson of 500k dying wasn't over egged? Even he changed his mind a few days later.
It is serious, no doubting that. But is it serious enough to devastate the country for years to come, massively impact children's well-being and education and lead to countless deaths from suicide, cancer etc? Clearly any pandemic is a shite situation and whichever route you take it's going to have a huge impact on people. Looking at this particular virus it's clear that we have handled it wrong. Those who are fit and healthy shouldn't have been locked down and those who are elderly or have serious medical conditions should have been protected better.
Your final point about it killing a good chunk of those who catch it is garbage unless you are counting 0.5% or whatever it turns out to be as a big chunk.
That's exactly the biggest problem, when people are unable or unwilling to understand a complex and even scientific situation and spread their opinion as truth.
Funny you, having the brilliant idea we should protect the vulnerable better.
How fuckin exactly, go on mate! Sweden and the rest of the world are listening keenly.
Why can't we protect people dying from cancer or flu, or suicide, or car crashs? Why?
We are paying fortunes to monitor food, water or products to avoid more cancer.
We are paying fortunes to help people suffer and die from flu and many other diseases.
We are paying fortunes to help people living on in difficult personal circumstances.
We are paying fortunes to avoid more car crashs and help injured and dying people.
Because we did understand that ANY human life has the exact same value. We cannot play God and decide who has to go first. It doesn't make sense and never will. So we have to try our best, and hindsight we often are aware we might have been too cautious. And we learn on the way.
In humanist countries we have decided to help any soul in trouble, even when 70+ yo. Even murderers are treated with dignity, while we sometimes make a fist in our pocket.
Speak out plain and clear if you prefer social Darwinism, "survival of the fittest". (Fit, as you say.)
In Germany we've had a dark time when that was quite popular so to say, until we have understood that it was the biggest of utter crap possible. No comparison intended.