Shutting everything down reveals the true state of health of a population. Americans are s sickly, diseased population - like many others. The ONLY way a viable population can be salvaged is to keep it shut down and given the population a chance to heal - even as large swaths drop over dead. A recurring sickness with seasonal fluctuations is not going to be more benign in an unhealthy population - certainly not this kind of sickness which is, essentially, a more virulent form of the flu - itself becoming increasingly deadly for many.

Simply putting everyone back to work will make matters far worse and will do nothing to address the health of the American people - unless the goal is simply to maximum kill them, which will be Trump's lasting legacy if he drives the beasts back to toiling away in their present state.