Can we get those same people to run the numbers for Trump?
If he goes the “open the economy” route, not only will he crash the economy ANYWAY (because of millions of sick and / or dead Americans), but he’ll also have that hung around his neck.
He’s in a tough spot for sure, but has two choices: open the economy and crash the healthcare system - and shortly thereafter, the economy, OR crash the economy and try to preserve the healthcare system.
Neither choice is “good”, but the answer SHOULD be obvious. It’s terrifying that he can’t see what is so blatantly clear.
I am not as worried about it as you are, because at some point he would _have_ to open up the economy a little bit.
There are actually advantages to doing it earlier.
Let us say he froze everything for six months (Sept. 15). At that point everybody is broke and screaming to open up the economy, and with the slow bleed about 10% of the population has the virus, or has been through it.
Exponential growth says it will explode through the population in a matter of a couple of weeks. By the time anybody figured out what had happened the entire health care system would collapse—early to mid-October.
See the problem?
The longer you wait the harder it is to stop in time the next time...
Right now we are only at 1% or 2% tops. If you “let it ride” for a few weeks you can get it up to 10% and then stop, and let it slow leak to higher numbers.
Anyway, I suspect that is how some experts are viewing it.
This is ugly either way—the only options leaders have is timing.
This virus is NO DEADLIER than the flu, the elderly are very much at risk with the flu BUT also children are at risk with the flu, WHY in the world would you think that people would be dying everywhere that is nonsense!!!
Exactly. The economy never had a chance against COVID-19 in the short term, unless the hydroxychlorophine turns out to be a silver bullet.
However, if we choose to learn the lesson, I believe this can prove to be a great opportunity to retool the economy in the mid to long term, and bring back a lot of manufacturing of basic goods. We need to decouple our economy from China and bring basic manufacturing back. Steel. Pharmaceuticals. Clothing and textiles, automobiles, power generators. These can be good jobs that pay well, support a family, and serve as a solid foundation for a growing economy for many years to come. If we learn the lessson.