I actually don’t feel doom and gloom.
My main concern is the economic loss (which I think is perfectly valid and not money worshipping). Hotel, restaurant, bar, travel, convention business all hit hard. We are losing a lot of wealth. And poverty kills people and makes them vulnerable.
I do have great sympathy for those who are sick or dying but also believe many have underlying conditions that would have made them more susceptible to anything.
Well said, and these things have to happen sometime to reveal the real truth underneath them. the ones who started it and why
Certainly the economic impact is there and hysteria is like shouting fire in a crowded theatre. The MSM is stoking the fire and breathlessly reporting this all in an attempt to blame Trump and keep people on edge. In a straight ahead view the United States is better positioned than virtually any other country in the world to minimize the overall impact and scale of this. As is typical with Flu and variants as the weather improves the nature of the Virus is to be less virulent and transferable.
I keep a very close eye on all of this as I am a partner in a business that deals with caregiving and much of our efforts are in remediation, especially when it comes to infections and other things of this ilk. Peoples basic health is a major factor, and we work as well to improve that prior to the onset of the need for a care giver or as in many cases with this virus be in a Nursing home or similar facility
And last to your point on financial impact, the cost to this country for caregiving in 2015 was a half a trillion dollars and it continues to grow.
Even more globally
of the businesses you mentioned, Hotels will gain some from family members quarantining. restaurants will go to take-out, and who needs conventions anyway - just an excuse to drink and act badly, usually on some corporate, government or university dime. Bars and Santa Clara county massage parlors hardest hit