Until we discover something that either cures it or stops from becoming a serious illness, our country leaders are going to have to decide between the economy and the virus.
I am in the camp that says, protect everyone as much as possible, keep THE MOST vulnerable locked away, and go back to work.
Will some people die from that course of action? Yes. But I think going into a depression would put even more human misery on the country. And last longer than 1.5 years, which the common answer for a vaccine.
We could have surrendered right away to Germany and Japan in 1941. We didn’t. We decided that not surrendering was worth 400,000 American lives. It was an acceptable cost. We didn’t like it, but decided it was best for the future.
Why is this any different?
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
