IMHO, there's two ways to look at that problem : protect the fragile, or restrain the non-fragile. And I'm in the same boat as your son. The current policies i

IMHO, there's two ways to look at that problem : protect the fragile, or restrain the non-fragile. And I'm in the same boat as your son. The current policies in the west have done nothing to proactively protect the fragile, and everything to restrain the non-fragile. As an example of what I mean : I spent a couple of lockdowns in a relatively poor country (Serbia) which for example allowed the 60+, fragile and immunocompromised exclusive access to shops, malls and other commerce until 9, a 30 minute pause to ventilate with nobody inside, and then normal access for the rest of the population. Subsidised delivery services were organised, etc. 16 hospitals with 900 ICU bed each (pop 6 million) were built chinese-style in 6 months, so the local healthcare system could go back to normal. Also, health insurance has a basic public option, with price-controlled drugs, generally 10-15x smaller than the US retail price, even for US-made drugs, new or old. Watching the US figuratively struggle for air for two years has been quite demoralizing.