The economy can’t fully recover until we get the pandemic under control.

There’s no other way around this. We HAVE to address the first problem before we can tackle the other.

It’s like if you were watering a garden and you had a number of different hoses and a watering can but they all had multiple holes in them. You can still get some water on the garden regardless, but it’s chaotic and uncontrolled. However, if you have good quality hoses and a sturdy watering can, it’s far easier to cultivate healthy flowers.