Sadly, the more we learn about the coronavirus pandemic, on both the medical and economic sides, the worse the best-case scenarios become. Some people think virus coverage has been overly dramatic. So here is the consensus of what the most clear-eyed, serious, optimistic people are saying, as a way to focus our minds. Tens of thousands of Americans die, we have double-digit unemployment for months, countless businesses die, retirements are wiped out, and the nation is saddled with once unimaginable debt. That, folks, is the best case scenario.