Millions of people would have become newly unemployed regardless, as a result of the pandemic. The pandemic is an ongoing global catastrophe. Refusing to take

Millions of people would have become newly unemployed regardless, as a result of the pandemic. The pandemic is an ongoing global catastrophe. Refusing to take efforts to mitigate it doesn't mean it's not still a catastrophe. Social distancing was always going to happen regardless of whether it was mandated. People are rational enough that they won't put themselves into close proximity with others if it could easily mean death (especially because of how overcrowded the hospitals would be). There isn't a country on Earth right now that isn't doing social distancing of one form or another. It's an inevitable consequence of a pandemic; it's not some elective choice that we made.