34% of America is aged 50 and over[1]. Almost 40% of America is obese[2], which is a risk factor for COVID-19 complications[3].

> A blanket shutdown does not make any sense when the vulnerable demographic has been clearly identified.

When the "vulnerable demographic" is forty percent of the population, a blanket shutdown makes a lot more sense. We cannot simply consign four out of ten people to severe illness, unknown long-term complications, and/or death.

[1] https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/jchs-housin...

[2] https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/jchs-housin...

[3] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precaut...