What a lot of people don’t seem to understand is that testing and contact tracing are steps towards opening the economy without unnecessary deaths.

Opening the economy without trying to reduce the spread of the coronavirus has the potential to cause two problems. For the economy. One, a lot of people (people who understand how contagious and dangerous the virus is, not only to themselves but to others) will continue to stay home. Two, a lot of people will get sick and die. That’s not good for the economy, either. When people start dying at higher rates (which is virtually inevitable if we open the economy without the necessary precautions and restrictions), then more people will want to stay at home. Not good for the economy.

If you want the economy to improve, you should be rooting for testing and contact tracing.