[2006alum]

At what point did we concede that the SiP is hurting the many to benefit the few? I'm over 65 and the idea that all those people are unemployed to save me creeps me out big time.

I'd like to think it's not just about the few especially susceptible demographics. I'd like to think that it's about public health overall, and avoiding a ranging pandemic that's killing people of all ages (even if at different percentages) and leaving many others with permanent lung impairment.

I think the national discussion got distorted at some point, with the "all this economic suffering is to save the grandparents" meme. Is that really accurate?

FWIW, I'm a (relatively) young person finishing up the first of two fixed-term jobs and who will be hurt by this economy when he needs to seek a new position in a year's time. I'm more than happy to face worse future employment prospects if it keeps you, my mom, my other elderly relatives, and millions of other Americans safe. But I also happen to think it keeps me, my friends, my employers, and my community safer, too. So it's not even a generational tradeoff.

So count me as at least one non-sociopath among the young folk.

[2006alum]

At what point did we concede that the SiP is hurting the many to benefit the few? I'm over 65 and the idea that all those people are unemployed to save me creeps me out big time.

I'd like to think it's not just about the few especially susceptible demographics. I'd like to think that it's about public health overall, and avoiding a ranging pandemic that's killing people of all ages (even if at different percentages) and leaving many others with permanent lung impairment.

I think the national discussion got distorted at some point, with the "all this economic suffering is to save the grandparents" meme. Is that really accurate?

FWIW, I'm a (relatively) young person finishing up the first of two fixed-term jobs and who will be hurt by this economy when he needs to seek a new position in a year's time. I'm more than happy to face worse future employment prospects if it keeps you, my mom, my other elderly relatives, and millions of other Americans safe. But I also happen to think it keeps me, my friends, my employers, and my community safer, too. So it's not even a generational tradeoff.

So count me as at least one non-sociopath among the young folk.