> Why is "economic" harm so important?

The "economy" is just our way of measuring what people do for themselves and others all day. "Some artisan dog biscuit company" is someone else's lifelong work and dream, not just a number in a spreadsheet. Minimizing may make you feel better about selfishly demanding everyone turn their lives off, but it's not an accurate representation of the world.

That's fine. The problem people have is when the government bans the dog biscuit company from operating for arbitrary reasons and they go under

people need money to eat. 60% of americans have 0 savings.

It's not just about you

You can't earn money to eat and go to the gym if the hospitals are overflowing with virus victims and society collapses.

Hospitals are not overflowing.

I'm really tired of people saying "But what about my health?" I really don't care. I care about my job and the businesses of my family members. If some work from home keyboard jockey gets sick because they left their house instead of locking themselves inside, so be it.