An argument I'm hearing a lot in the news media is "If we keep up this shutdown, we'll crash the economy even more!" Do they really think if restaurants or other businesses re-open now, people will be going out to eat? NO!
The few people willing to go to restaurants and businesses will just further accelerate the curve we've been trying to bend, and not nearly enough to go back to normal or save these businesses by simply re-opening.
The only choice is to stop the virus, and then re-open.

"The business won't come back."
Really? :

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What happened in 2008-2009? Oh. Yeah.
It bottomed out till there was confidence the crisis passed, then came back twenty-fold.