This death count is way better than initially estimated, even with lockdowns. So this is good news. > If anything, the economic consequences are the trade-off

This death count is way better than initially estimated, even with lockdowns. So this is good news. > If anything, the economic consequences are the trade-off of not getting an even larger death count, which is already quite high. Right, which is why it's a good thing the economy was as good as it was. It's not like we could have chosen a worse economy and preparedness. The US has had money allocated to stockpile PPE for the past decade, and failed to do so every year since 2009, when we spent our PPE reserves. This wasn't a money problem.