The people are just looking at it from one sad. Lives are important no doubt but economy too is very important. If the economy drops a lot of people will lose their jobs, no food and many more. Also people will die if the economy drops badly. So if you are taking into consideration lives also look at economy.
people wont die instantly and so as the economy , it wont collapse instantly but if you see a dying patient and i you will ignore it , he/she can die instantly . so whats more important ? for me its bettef if we can save lives first and dont look at one side only because thats bad and that can bring more karma to you or the business that your working with . god sees all what we do on the land . economy will be nothing too if no people because people are dying because of our selfishness .