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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At some point you have to weigh the risk of destroying our economy versus the risk to people. If the economy fails as a whole it doesn’t matter if no one is sick. We’re all screwed any way and the deaths from a destroyed economy will be worse
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I get where you're coming from with this. This is a sensitive topic but we have to face the realization that people will be put in a tight bind financially and people could end up dying indirectly just from the economy being shut down. The problem is that I don't know of any...
... clear cut method of measuring the number of deaths from that aspect. It's far easier to count the number of deaths from Coronavirus, but how do you even begin to calculate the number of deaths from something far more subjective (the economy freezing, etc.)
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