It’s important to once again emphasize that there’s no actual debate between economists and epidemiologists about when to reopen the economy.

They agree that we shouldn’t try to until we have measures in place—above all, testing—to slow & contain SARS-CoV-2.

So if economists aren’t pushing to reopen the economy right now, who is?

The answer is mostly Wall Street and other assorted billionaires, i.e., rentiers. These are people who get money from other people working, so they want those people to work, health risks be damned.

It's class warfare at its ugliest: get back to work making me money in the middle of a pandemic, while I stay safe & secluded.

It's no accident that the GOP congressman who says dying of COVID-19 might be "the lesser of two evils" if the alternative is the economy dying is a Wharton-educated businessman worth $50 million.

Rentiers care about their income streams, not lives. https://americanindependent.com/trey-hollingsworth-coronavirus-big-boy-girl-pants-social-distancing-gop-house-indiana-covid-19/