You realize the reason we are doing all this had more to do with politics than actually saving lives. Lots of people die for this economy to function the way it does. Especially non-Americans. Our elites haven't rediscovered a commitment to every human life.
Rather,
Anyone with any kind of public office or even presence doesn't want to be the guy that let a few million die from a bad version of the flu. Also, if
something isn't done, it could get so bad that there is some kind of political event. Not only does the market crash anyway at that point, leadership is distinctly less popular.
The thing is, people have been warning for a good 3-4 years that the economy is over-leveraged and any little thing will cause a crash worse than the Great Depression. For some reason, very wealthy people
still often have a problem understanding that good market conditions aren't permanent.
Anyway, your a fool if you think the economy is gonna "bounce back" because of "pent up demand." That's not how it ever works. These things take time rev up and down.
All job gains since Great Recession --
gone
Wealth of billionaires is up since crash....but i have a feeling that's not gonna last.
This is what they are worried about. Their best bet is to just let the economy stay closed and then blame the horrible numbers on the virus rather than how fragile the system was to any little hiccup.
Especially since everytime a country has tried opening up more they have seemed to regret it.