This would have been a terrible idea. Do you know how many immunocompromised people and people with underlying conditions are under 50? A huge number. That's everyone with diabetes, heart disease, cancer, MS, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, HIV infection, and craziest of all: fucking asthma. People are dying of COVID-19 because they caught it and had asthma.Like, everyone over 50 should stay home and be careful but other than that life goes on ....
Life doesn't go on for those people. They get viral pneumonia, maybe get hooked up to a respirator if there even is one, and then they have a maybe 1 in 5 to 1 in 10 chance of surviving -- and if they do survive, they may have long-lasting detrimental effects.
Just to be clearer: for those people, it doesn't matter if *they* don't go outside for the duration of this crisis if their spouses, children, loved ones, friends, etc., go on as if everything is fine for them, are asymptomatic for two weeks while carrying it, and infect these vulnerable people.
Sweden has 40 coronavirus deaths per million population right now. Do you know how many Canada has? 6. SIX. So Sweden's death rate is nearly 7 times higher than Canada's. That is ridiculous. (It's 254 / million in Italy, which is an indicator of just how bad things get when the system gets overwhelmed.)
This is why ordinary people aren't in charge of public health. Jeeeeez.