That's great.And they deserved to die? How crazy is that? My dad has Diabetes. He was high risk. He's 83. Yet he walks 5 km per day and does yoga. In better shape then average 40 year old American.
However, Western societies are naive and delicate about mortality. Most 83 year olds only have a few years left. So society had to balance protecting the elderly versus the needs of day-to-day life.
There were people that were supporting mandatory lockdowns that included closing down parks, beaches, etc.