The demands of health-care experts are not greater than the demands of the economy, for a very simple reason: The health-care system is not separate from the economy but a crucial part of it. The health-care system saves lives; the economy provides everything we need to live. The damage being done to the economy—if sustained—could easily cost more lives world-wide than the coronavirus.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-need-politicians-in-a-pandemic-11586710824?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
