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You bring up some good points. Blacks, prisoners, the poor, all are disproportionately affected by covid19. In part because of existing (pre-existing) disparities in healthcare, policing, generational trauma, racism, and all the things. For sure.

To be clear(er) - I in no way am cheering on coronavirus. I was trying to get at shutting things down can also be seen as an opportunity, an opportunity to keep it all shut down.
There are many factors to consider here, one being there is no best (good) way to view our current situation. What is positive for some is definitely negative for others. No dispute there.

I don't believe in revolution. But now is the time for change. Now is always the time for change. In that it is always Now, it is never not now.

As to suffering, here I follow a Buddhist path. There is suffering and there is an end to suffering. May each soul get the lessons they earn.