I mean, he's probably also capable of living in indefinite isolation at Xanadu 2, protected with his family from the virus. I'm content to take his counsel at face value on this one.

The real issue is that the US doesn't have a safety net for either scenario— whether dying of poverty or plague, you and your indiegogo page are pretty much on your own. Perhaps other countries have found it easier to stomach national shutdowns because they understood that it would be hard, but the people would ultimately be taken care of.