So, this happened.
The Lt. Gov of Texas, Dan Patrick, was on Tucker Carlson’s program on Fox News this evening. He had this to say regarding the coronavirus and the economy.
No one reached out to me and said, as a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren. And if that's the exchange, I'm all in. And that doesn't make me noble or brave or anything like that. I just think there are lots of grandparents out there in this country like me -- I have six grandchildren -- and what we all care about and what we love more than anything is those children. And I want to live smart and see through this, but I don't want the whole country to be sacrificed, and that's what I see. [...] My message is let's get back to work, let's get back to living, let's be smart about it, and those of us who are 70+, we'll take care of ourselves, but don't sacrifice the country, don't do that, don't ruin this American dream.
Grandparents, time for you to die, capitalism demands it.
Also note that Patrick, for some reason, think that only those over 70 die from COVID-19.