People die from starvation, suicide, drug overdoses, and many other sicknesses and accidents every single day. It's the only reason this coronavirus is even a worldwide issue since the health systems in the world are already so taxed that they can't handle a large influx of something else on top of all of those things at once. That's reality. It's not bullshit that people are going to lose their jobs, their businesses, their livelihoods (and in turn, not be able to take care of themselves or their families, or worse) if the economy collapses or if they have to stay locked out for extended periods of time. On a personal level everyone can relate to being upset if someone in their family dies from a sickness, I've been through it, it sucks. The thing is that policy makers, governments and so on can't operate on the emotions on an individual level. At a certain point they have to think of what best benefits society and unfortunately sometimes that means putting the economy and societal wellbeing over a relatively small number of lives. I have many people in my family that are at risk for this virus, so I'm doing what I can and getting them to do what they can also. Unlike you, I can still have a rational discussion about what I think is actually going to happen regardless of my personal feelings or fears and can still look at a bigger scope of things (speaking of entitled and privileged).
