Brix said that the president has asked the task force to continue to gather data on a ‘granular level’ until the decision is made, and the focus of action can then be at the points where the virus is the most active.
In other areas people can go back to work while continuing to practice the safety procedures we are following now.
Pres Trump mentioned that if you close down the country even for a relatively short time that people will lose their jobs, possibly never to return, that people will lose their businesses, possibly never to return. That ties in to an earlier comment he made that there would be thousands more suicides if the whole economy is ruined.
I hate to tell you...but until we get supply chains for lots of stuff from SOMEWHERE up and running (and I don’t meant cheap plastic crap), it won’t make any difference to many businesses whether they’re open or not.
Already seeing issues with spare parts availability at our local hardware store.
Ditto the freezer situation I mentioned in the previous thread.
Once the appliance manufacturers run out of the electronic components to ‘make’ the appliances (here or elsewhere) it won’t make a difference if thie appliance stores are open or not.
No freezers to be found in a 100m radius of my house right now. And that includes a major metropolitan area and several smaller cities.
When those freezers get restocked again is anyone’s guess at this point.