Not overblown, but certainly sensationalized (like what Jalimon did a few posts up).
The economy needs to reopen; phased, slow and deliberate, but it needs to. We took a kick at the lockdown can, it did not work (to the intended extent). Early on, the lockdown needed to be immediate and total for 2-4 weeks, not the phased, piecemeal, pick-away at it approach that was used. That ship has now sailed.
But today, we are more aware, knowledgeable and have identified those groups most vulnerable. Government needs to make the hard choices in managing this pandemic, not in the vacuum most look at it in, but in a society interconnected with so many other considerations. Canada needs the hospital and medical resources and properly equipped front line workers. How? Not my problem. We have elected and pay for politicians and medical experts to figure that out. So, figure it out.
Tragedy is not universally defined and it means different things to different people, and death is not the ultimate tragedy to some.
Our leaders need to act and make hard and maybe unpopular decisions, not the safe, politically correct ones that will get them re-elected.