Posted on 04/03/2020 10:09:04 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
What is the lowest point we can allow our economy to sink before we say, enough and start it back up ourselves? We are at about a 20,000 Dow. Do we wait until it sinks to 15,000? Do we wait until 10,000? In every war we have battled toward a point where we could declare victory. Never did it ever require us to kill every single enemy. Why is it that 13 states can stay open (yes they have less illness; but this is a highly mobile nation regardless of what we are fed by government. We need to be told what the reasonable definition of victory is. Thoughts?
Am I being harsh?
When ginning up fear over it no longer serves the political ambitions of the Left.
Well, once government starts something it tends to be difficult to stop.
The first Tuesday after the first Monday of November.
January 21st of whatever year Trump leaves office
Then they have a bad surprise in store. “When you’re done with it, it ain’t done with you.”
It’s a fluid situation, and there is not a guidebook or history of similar situations, to guide us as to when this is over. If Dr. Fauci had his way, the country would be shut down for the next year.
Your response: simple, pithy, clear and correctomumdo.
It is over and we can go back to our lives when Fauci and Birx deem it so. Seriously. They control the cards, and Trump will not risk being contradicted by them in public. So until they are completely onboard with re-opening, we will stay closed. Period.
I’m afraid this will never be over.
Some people are already saying all of this have to be repeated this fall.
No updates on how any treatment therapies are coming, no updates on any advancements against this, Just shut it all down and burn it to the ground
On April 30th, they should tell those who are most at risk to stay home another month. They should tell those who are not in a high risk group to go back to work unless they live with someone who is high risk. Obviously those who have had the virus can go back to work as well. They should not wait until there are no deaths and no new cases. That could be a year from now. They need to wait until the first wave passes. The healthcare system should be able to handle subsequent waves. Each wave should be less than 25% the size of the last wave. As all the people in the first wave both dead and alive will not be available to spread the virus in the second wave.
Haven’t you figured this out yet? It’s designed to NEVER end.
Who is THEY?
I don’t have a good answer to the question. But I’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with the Dow. For example, if the Dow should shoot back up to 26,000 next week (very unlikely), does that mean we are winning?
And should the Dow drop more (likely), does that mean we are losing?
With Democrats, there will never be a victory. When this subsides, I expect the shutdowns to return to 40 person limits in meetings or at restaurants. Democrats would love to leave such limits in place to destroy many larger churches.
So true!
Our society is largely based on perception. When the perception is that the virus is under control and/or we have a good treatment that lowers the mortality it will likely devolve into a blame game.
It will be difficult to discern when this “over” is as the media hysteria seems to lead public sentiment just as it does in the stock markets.
I don’t think we know enough at the present time to set any goals and there will likely be new outbreaks after some sort of victory is declared. Look what happened in China - they opened a city back up for a few weeks and now they are shutting it down again. Our media will scream, wail, and gnash their teeth blaming Trump for every death from every new outbreak when he gives the order.
In a sense, this pandemic has been about managing fear as much as the pandemic itself. Towards the back end it will become even more politicized and it will be about message management as the inevitable finger pointing begins.
We are in uncharted waters with little historical reference as a baseline. The scientist will look at the models and base their demands on the worst case scenario. Those worried about the economy will push to restore normalcy. The two competing camps are already forming visibly and this will shape the future perception likely along ideological lines.
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