It’s just bizarre that anyone thinks the economic damage would not have also occurred with everything being left “open” - it would have had to be shut down due to the rapid spread of the disease with the workforce becoming sick crippling the ability to operate. It would have accomplished nothing in saving the economy, but would certainly kill a lot more people and cause the healthcare sector to crash right along with it. The supply chain for our basic goods probably would also be severely crippled by this point. Stores probably could not even be open right now had these people had their way. I’ve been around here a long time, and a lot of these folks I know to be very intelligent folks...but for some reason in this case, no amount of facts or reality will sway them.
I know, you're exactly right. Same here. I'm seeing long time freepers in complete denial. And their angry and scared and accusing every one else of being the ones that are scared.
And I get that their 401k's have been hurt, though they will come back. And some of them and/or their friends are temporarily unemployed, and are going to struggle through the lockdowns.
But if 15% of them get a 2 to 3 week hospital stay and a $450,000 hospital bill, they'll be cursing the day we didn't lock down harder.