This implies a false binary between shutting down the economy and millions of deaths by not isolating. Look at other countries like Germany, Denmark, and Irela

This implies a false binary between shutting down the economy and millions of deaths by not isolating. Look at other countries like Germany, Denmark, and Ireland who are moving to cover wages and providing paid sick leave. Germany is offering companies unlimited loans to prevent them from collapsing. I am not an expert in economics, but it does seem like competent technocrats are finding paths to maintain the economy while maintaining public health, and it's only in the US where you have a president who doesn't have a strong grasp of economics, or the experts to advise him, who only sees an option of trying to force back the old system, despite all the experts (economic and health!) who are advising the exact opposite.