In the Villages it might be acceptable to sacrifice lives for the economy. But the Nation's economy will tank if the country is re-opened too soon. Why? Because running stores that are open for business is more expensive than running buildings with businesses that are closed. If people are too afraid to go shopping, because you opened while people are still dying and the number of diagnoses is increasing, these businesses will stand open - paying employees who are now forced to come to work because their employer is no longer getting financial relief from the government, and therefore they must re-open to empty aisles.
Small businesses will cease to exist. They won't be capable of covering the expense of being open, and no one willing to congregate and bring in the profits they had before the virus hit.
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