Over and above the virus itself are the supply chain effects.
example:
Ziploc bags. Made in the US. With materials from China. How long before their stockpile of those materials runs out? And how long before more, from anywhere, hits the docks?
Goes way beyond meds and electronics, doesn’t it?
I thought about you, the other day, when I picked up several cans of my fave cocoa.
I bet the cocoa containers are made from (or maybe made in) materials from China.
If our last penicillin plant, in the US, closed in 2014, how long would it take to even start up, again, until production?
What other countries are producing penicillin?