> The few conservatives I know who legitimately consider reopening to be first/foremost about minimizing deaths are the kinds of conservatives who live affluent lives working desk jobs they inherited through nepotism

Wow, I must have missed that queue.

As for taxes, they're screwed, for decades. I don't think it really matters which path we take--our tax load to pay for it all will be epic.

At least we can try hard to save lives, though.