This is exactly the perspective that most on the American right in my circles are coming from. The libertarians and economic populists are far more concerned ab

This is exactly the perspective that most on the American right in my circles are coming from. The libertarians and economic populists are far more concerned about the long-term implications of endorsing mandatory lockdowns, and contact tracing programs, as well as the effects of effectively shutting down nearly every non-restaraunt business too small to sell non-essential items. The few conservatives I know who legitimately consider reopening to be first/foremost about minimizing deaths are the kinds of conservatives who live affluent lives working desk jobs they inherited through nepotism, who only endorse the ideas of individual liberty and rights because they think it'll keep their taxes lower, and who endorsed lockdowns until they started to affect their pocketbooks.