I think it’s pretty obvious (regardless of the press, which is clearly trying to manipulate the public opinion and contradicts the data) that people being hospitalized and dying are primarily from the vulnerable groups. That is elderly, people with co-morbidities or both.
Here is the NYC data link, make your own conclusions:
https://github.com/nychealth/coronavirus-data
Well, in fairness, it’s not like they dumped all 20 thousand dead there. I think those were people that did not have relatives to pick up the bodies and the city was worried about the handling the bodies for cremation.
It’s sad that we are making a partisan issue out of this and people start seeing it as black and white. Everyone has to admit that it's a serious public health problem, as we are probably talking about 20-30% bump in global mortality. Take the NYC for example - assuming 25 thousand dead by year end vs an average of 50-60k dead in a regular year, we are talking about a serious increase. On the other hand, it's not the black death and it has a distinct vulnerable population. So we should aim to protect the vulnerable while not jeopardizing the future of the society as a whole. How exactly we do that is a moving target based on data and ongoing outcomes, but both sides should be willing to accept compromises.