You're drawing more out of that turn of phrase than I intended. Which makes sense under the circumstances, people are drawing lines in the sand and "open at all costs" is one of those lines.
It's not my stance. This is more narrowly-focused than that: we could end the flu season early, every year, by imposing lockdown from January 1st to February 15th.
But we don't, and this isn't the flu, it's a novel disease which kills many more people by even the most conservative estimate.
Still, as a side effect of the eminently rational (and economically painful) precautions which we've taken against it, ending the flu season a couple months early is a nice bonus.
It's not my stance. This is more narrowly-focused than that: we could end the flu season early, every year, by imposing lockdown from January 1st to February 15th.
But we don't, and this isn't the flu, it's a novel disease which kills many more people by even the most conservative estimate.
Still, as a side effect of the eminently rational (and economically painful) precautions which we've taken against it, ending the flu season a couple months early is a nice bonus.