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There is no response that results in no deaths. That Lonely Joe Parker twitter thread that @William. linked above is worth a read, specifically this:
"This was an impossible task for BJ: There is no such thing as a 'perfect' strategy out of lockdown.
Unknown:
- We still don't know if acquired immunity is effective, or lasting;
- We don't really know community prevalence;
- We don't have ANY idea how long this will go on.. 3/
We do however have a fairly good idea of the costs - and I'm talking in genuine, statistically-attributable, earlier-than-necessary, DEATHS here - of economic contraction. They are not trivial. They run to thousands a week, too. 4/"
- We still don't know if acquired immunity is effective, or lasting;
Yeah sorry I actually prefer the UK approach over this. And I also don't believe those numbers for a second.