yes and if that was the reason people were dying now then I would say fix the economy, but that's not what is happening. the economy can be fixed when we have ensured that the people who make that economy happen are safe.

if you were at war with a foreign country, and they were killing and injuring your population, you would fight back, the economy should be shattered, but you fight the war and when you win you rebuild. that's what this is, a war. it's just the enemy is not quite the same as it has been in the past.