Preventing deaths and reducing the load on the medical system is absolutely necessary to move forward. If we have vaccinated a good chunk of the elderly and hav

Preventing deaths and reducing the load on the medical system is absolutely necessary to move forward. If we have vaccinated a good chunk of the elderly and have guaranteed vaccine availability for them, we could open up the economy without fear of the medical system being overloaded. The main reason we shutdown was to prevent the load on hospitals. It has a cascading effect on anyone seeking care. (Personally know someone who’d have gotten a diagnosis and treatment earlier by at least a couple of months if not for Covid)