You are presenting a false choice.
The economy cannot improve while the virus is running rampant.
Just like it can’t with the flu, which 300,000 - 600,000 die from a season?
Get real. Ignore COVID-19 as a problem except for older people with three serious health issues (these people made up the majority of Italy’s deaths).
False. The flu virus...in fact, several different flu viruses run rampant every year, with tens of thousands of deaths and tens of millions of infected souls and yet...and yet...and yet, we somehow manage to survive and thrive.