This document proposes an alternative approach to the current response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the economic costs of shutting down large parts of the global economy will be exponentially worse than the direct health impacts of the virus. The author suggests either implementing a massive $10s of trillions loan program to support all businesses, as proposed by Andrew Ross Sorkin, or accepting that most people will eventually get the virus and returning to normal economic activity while protecting only the most vulnerable groups. The goal is to avoid an economic crisis potentially worse than the Great Depression by getting the US economy operating again as soon as possible.