There are more and more reasons to open back the economy. Does it make sense to keep stalling? Most likely some people will avoid the infection this way, but at what cost to others.
> Hong Kong, with 7.5 million residents, is one of the most densely populated places on earth, but recorded only six deaths from Covid-19 despite having no lockdown and receiving nearly 350,000,travelers a day from abroad until authorities started reducing cross-border travel on January 30.
> The key secret of Hong Kong’s success, Prof. Yuen said, is that the mask compliance rate during morning rush hour is 97%. The 3% who don’t comply are mainly Americans and Europeans, he said.
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> The Czech Republic was the first European country to impose mandatory mask-wearing in some public spaces on March 18, before it recorded the first death by Covid-19. It has since reduced the number of daily new infections to below 50 and has one of the lowest coronavirus death rates in the world.
[1] https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/01/coronavirus-texas-ho...
There may or may not be an increase of cases when the economy opens. While the former is more likely the latter is not out of the question, depending on whether the community will take precautions like wearing masks.
However, if the economy stays closed, without a doubt, many lives will be negatively affected.
Why did you ignore the line right after the statement you quoted? What we've seen over and over in each wave of the coronavirus is that the deaths lag behind the number of cases by a few weeks [1]. What you're arguing for is irrational and against the facts of the situation because the reason why we've seen an increase in cases is because our state opened up too early and too recklessly!
How can you honestly argue that there won't be an increase of cases when the economy opens when we're facing down exactly that situation?
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-deaths-can-still...