This is going to be a stupid question, but why is the panic resulting if people who are close to dying anyways (e.g. over 80; already have pre-existing major health complications) will be the only ones affected?
As others maybe have said, the elderly are NOT THE ONLY ones dying. Yes, the rate is much higher because of existing issues, weaker immune system etc., but to refer to them as "close to dying" is just a little insensitive.
These are people's parents, and grandparents. They have friends and family just like you, and they will be missed if they die. Them being 80+ (or any age) does not make them less valuable in any way. Just like your parents and grandparents, or mine are/were valued in our respective lives.
I think it is interesting that so many people (not just you) have this perspective that this is an "old people" disease so they are not worried. This is a real example of why even after 7000+ people have died, people still can't take it seriously and still expose themselves needlessly.
That is seven THOUSAND people... that is a shit ton of people that lost their lives, and there will be thousands more before this is over. Pretty soon we will see death counts that are in the 10's of thousands. Just imagine a small town, like 20k population, just gone... that is a LOT of loss.