> (Are people here really having this hard of a time with basic statistics?) No, no one is disagreeing with the narrow point you're making that protecting the

> (Are people here really having this hard of a time with basic statistics?) No, no one is disagreeing with the narrow point you're making that protecting the oldest leads to fewer bad outcomes given equal numbers of infections. But that's just one part of the story. In most of the EU, most people have not yet been exposed, so the pandemic will need to be ended by vaccination. The situation now is treacherous, since it may initially seem like hospitalizations don't track infections like they used to. But if the conclusion from that is to just open up, nothing will be gained. This is clearly borne out by both complex models and back of the envelope calculations. And that's ignoring that there are health issues other than death to consider...