The hard truth is that no matter how statistically flawed studies are to date, the Coronaplague is still a hell of a lot more deadly than the seasonal flu left unchecked. So, we checked it with everything from social distancing suggestions to full fledged shelter-in-place orders. Now those curves are flattened or flattening and people are looking for any excuse to get out and about. But people just aren't smart enough to get out and about and not throw a damn 80 person teenager's birthday party in the backyard where they all touch everything and then all head home to dinner with grandma.
And when that happens, enough of those people, their parents, and grandmas are going to need a ventilator that NYC is happening in a whole lot of places.
Because once again, even when they mean well, people are on the average selfish idiots. And when you let selfish idiots do what they want with a novel virus that causes a higher percentage of acute respiratory distress than the hospitals in those markets can handle, people unnecessarily die.
Now maybe that price is worth opening up the economy and maybe it isn't for you, but dead people are dead people so 100% know that if you're for opening things up too quickly or without strict rules and guidelines in place (testing, tracking, etc.), people are going to die and you'll very likely have a real hand in those deaths.