Makes sense. Plane tickets will also be 50% more expensive, or higher...And very few will fly (or be able to afford to fly). Restaurants too...you think that $15 burger will still be $15 when the restaurants are only allowed to be at 50% capacity? No chance. The burgers will be $25-30 and no one will go. And the cycle will feed on itself.
Unless people come to their senses and accept risk free is an impossible goal, then your scenario plays out exactly as stated
What incentive do stupid politicians have to tell anyone to go back to work or life as usual. None. They have nothing to gain and everything to lose. Best just tell everyone that they need to shrink wrap themselves in their basements.... Fucking losers and the losers who believe them.