Trump has acknowledged that reopening for business could cause people to die. That’s OK, as far as Trump is concerned. “I’m viewing our great citizens of this country to a certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. …… Will some people be badly affected? Yes. Will some people be affected badly? Yes. But we have to get our country open and we have to get it open soon.”
The White House is aware of the dangers of opening too quickly. The Policy Lab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia projects that reopening in May could lead to hundreds, if not a thousand-plus, more coronavirus cases each day by August 1. Just two weeks more social distancing could reduce infections substantially possibly yielding hundreds of thousands of fewer cases.
Who are Trump’s warriors conscripted for the good of Trump’s economy and Trump’s reelection? The elderly. Children. Those who die from the disease