[freeandfreezing]

Yup. The cure may be worse than the disease if the world’s economy collapses.

Not necessarily. There are other scenarios. Like letting the disease run wild and watching the health care system collapse, a couple of million Americans die, and the world economy collapse along with the rest of the disaster.

In that scenario you get both, the disease and the collapse of the world's economy. A much, much worse situation.

[SoCal Pubbie]

“There are other scenarios.”

Yup, and your ridiculous example is not the only one.