[kaila]

And how are people going to support their families and eat?
It is a trade off.
The majority of deaths are in the 70 plus age group, so it probably will not crash the economy, as harsh as that may sound.
Right now, we have a quarantine order. People are still socializing here in WA state.
The only way to stall it is do as China did. Lock people in their homes.

[bgill]

“And how are people going to support their families and eat?”

That’s easy. When grandma dies of CV that her stupid grandson brought back from Spring Break, her kids will get all her money and full pantry.

[cgbg]

The majority of deaths are in the 70 plus age group

Yup--right up until the time the health care system crashes.

Then twenty years olds die from relatively minor injuries from rock-climbing or motorcycle riding.

[calenel]

“And how are people going to support their families and eat?”

If you are dead you don’t need to eat and can’t go to work.

If you are sick for two months and permanently disabled after that, you still can’t go to work.

Trump is doing - and saying - the right things. Even if they are different.

If all the seniors die off there will be whole sectors of the economy affected. Harshly.

Stop-start is the best plan we have while we mobilize.

Containment is the ONLY weapon we have that’s deployable right now. But given American ingenuity, I think we can start getting into high gear in weeks rather than several months or a couple years. Look to see large scale availability of HCQ as we rekindle the economy.

That’s what I’d do first if I were Trump, but I think he’s probably way ahead of me, so I’m good with his plan.

Two people in my house are not working right now. We’re in the same boat as everybody else. But we’re not going to throw Granny under the bus to support our Pizza and Netflix habits or what ever. We prepped when the FluBros were scoffing, so we won’t even have to go hungry. For a while. Much longer than I expect this thing to last.