Lives could be saved no doubt.
“When is Obama going to suggest stopping the wasteful and costly process of elections?”
Unless something happens to stop the stampede away from Democrats, expect to see a national emergency that will put elections on hold, permanently, if necessary. Democracy is a tool the left uses to gain power, and generate unrest. Otherwise, it isn’t a priority of the leftist agenda. The left has won the institutional war, and they aren’t going to allow allow a reactionary uprising to set them back. They are ready to reshape the world in their nightmarish image.