There's that, and there's also that it's the least bad of two choices according to capitalists, with the other choice being people refusing to live working in capitalism to feed the billionaires who made ONE EXTRA TRILLION DOLLARS off the pandemic. Namely: OUR work.
Of course they don't care if many of us die. Mind you, they don't fucking care if most of us die.
Source: Fidel Castro. Oh no, wait... it's Forbes.