A: ABSOLUTELY YES.
The financial hardships are real and very painful. Without social distancing to slow the disease over the next weeks and months, economic hardship will be DEEPER and LONGER. Here is a summary of an article showing the extreme economic value of social distancing.
Key Points:
- The projected mortality benefits of social distancing are worth over $8 trillion
- Social distancing prevents 1.13 MILLION US deaths caused by the virus and 630,000 US deaths from other causes (overflow deaths)
