There is a tremendous amount of damage occurring to our economy right now. Any economist who thinks we'll simply be able to "turn it all back on" is a bit naive. This isn't something that will just turn back on - each day we go further into the shutdown, the more long-term damage
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I both agree and disagree. There is a tremendous amount of unnecessary damage being done to our economy right now that will make it impossible to "turn it all back on." Had different policy choices been made, I think it would have been possible to turn it all back on.
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Fair enough -- I'll be the first to admit that the scope of the problem and depth of damage have been greatly increased from the incompetence of our current administration.
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Yeah, my politics in this is just making sure that folks are constantly reminded of the fact that while the virus was inevitable, that the social and economic fallout was the product of a series of policy choices that were made by the President and Congress.