That’s a problem when the “research” older people are presented consists mostly of fake news.
They are not Trumpers. They did a tremendous amount of research (they have the time to do it) and actually spoke to a couple of experts in the field. The came to the conclusion that there is hysteria and overreaction given the facts at hand. I’m sure there are others who have looked at the numbers and concluded that they want to take precautions, ranging from mild trade offs to full blown isolation. But I don’t think they are off base with their decision.
You do realize that even NY state which was hit hard had some 32,000 deaths, of which over 10,000 are estimated to be nursing home patients, and a significant number of the others had dementia or significant underlying health issues. The remaining number is out of a population of 20 million. Are they being reckless to assume the risk? I don’t think so.