When a person says "at some point the cure is worse than the disease" the argument boils down to that they believe at some point the scale tips where the threat to the market and people's ability to make money is more important than the threat posed to human life from the virus. There is no other way to explain it. First, let's be clear, this is no where near a situation where the country is completely shut down. There quite a bit of economic activity happening right now and will continue to happen. Some states have not restricted any economic activity and even in New York which is most affected by the virus there isn't a full shelter in place in effect. Second, I am not aware of a single projection that show this partial shutdown being needed for more than a few months, let alone six years. China is already beginning to open back up the area mostly hardly hit. From all indications, a vaccine will be available in early 2021 and the virus mutates so slowly that only a single vaccine will be needed. There are options the government can take to place a band-aid on the market and temporarily supplement incomes until that time but most of that discussion is better for the political board. This is a scary time for everyone and some people's wallets are being hit more so than others. However, having the virus continue to run unchecked is a greater long term threat to the market than our current path.