I don't think you're really getting the difference between the two. You can look at other catastrophic events that have occurred locally or at other semi-constant killers of americans - they have an immediate disaster relief response but its not always going to match up with the economic impact proportionately. They require a separate set of planning and the correlation between the two generally isn't something that's going to be tied together strongly because the requirements of each may not always match up.It is the point. The economy will improve once the pandemic is over. Thats worth more than getting people to go shopping during a plague.
here, if you have a host of industries that are going to take massive hits like production, travel, hospitality, service, luxury expenditures, and so on - they're not working and they're not spending. money changing hands is how things move, when it stays in one spot or under a mattress, people don't get paid
its already more than safe to say that the financial landscape that people were used to the past 10 years isn't coming back. you're looking at startups and intellectual properties changing hands or being consolidated, property being damn near handed away, supply chain shifts, etc. even after the virus hits the spring and summer heat and goes into a bit of a lull, the economy will still need a hard push from multiple directions to get going again and its going to be a long-term situation to manage.