To be fair, I talked with a friend today. She has a friend in Chicago who is some kind of truck driver involved in Supply Chain Management - which chiefly involves driving Chinese made goods all over.
This driver friend was complaining that he/she has no work and has to find a new job... supplies have dried up.
We will all be impacted by this in some way. Hopefully, not many will lose our health, lives or loved ones.
Livelihoods will be impacted.
Your friend mirrors a lot about what is out there regarding shipping. Normal container vessels from China are being shipped at 10-20% capacity currently. There are plenty of articles with that information around.
The Chinese gov’t is lying about the real stats. Notice also the Hong Kong protests have suddenly stopped?
Logistics & retail will certainly be impacted everywhere.