The lie is that if we hunker down now we will take a economic hit now, but then we will be in the clear.
The truth?
If we somehow suppress the virus in the next month or two and prevent it from reaching a large portion of the population, then the virus is going to come back with a vengeance in the fall. Then we will have a full season of flu and COVID.
And what will we do? We'll have to hunker down again.