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To: EEGator

Absolutely. At risk people need to protect themselves and everybody else needs to live their life in my opinion.


18 posted on 10/09/2020 5:41:20 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: jospehm20

9 Oct: The Star, Kenya: Corona to push 40 million in Africa into extreme poverty - World Bank
by VICTOR AMADALA
Coronavirus is threatening to push 40 million people in Africa into extreme poverty, eroding development gains of the past decade, World Bank has said.
In its The global lender revealed this in the latest Africa’s Pulse report released Thursday, saying the continent’s economy will decline by 3.3 per cent this year, the region’s first recession in 25 years.

Titled ‘Charting the way to recovery’, the report indicates that while the health consequences of the Covid-19 have been less devastating than expected, the combination of domestic lockdowns and related spillovers from the global recession significantly impacted economic activity...

In Nigeria and South Africa, the region’s two largest economies, growth declines were particularly pronounced, with sharp drops by 6.1 percent and 17.1 percent year-on-year, respectively...
https://www.the-star.co.ke/business/kenya/2020-10-09-corona-to-push-40-million-in-africa-into-extreme-poverty-world-bank/


20 posted on 10/09/2020 5:43:37 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: jospehm20

Agreed.


29 posted on 10/09/2020 5:59:51 AM PDT by EEGator
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