[rb22982]

No, it’s not. Asking 65+ to self isolate was the right call but the rest could have taken less drastic action like half the # of normal customers. We are going to have a global depression (not recession) in the next two months if this keeps up much longer. How many restaurants, hotels, airlines, retail stores, etc can withstand a 50-100% drop in revenue for a few months? Hint: Not many. And you are talking 10+ million of jobs, and that’s not counting the domino effects (those losing their jobs stop spending, default on debt, stocks collapse to lower than 2009 etc)

[irishjuggler]

I’m sorry. Stop worrying about the economy in the short term. It’ll be fine in the long run. Shutdowns work. Lodi, Italy, shut down on 2/23. Bergamo waited until 3/8. Witness the difference...
https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1239239417715396609/

[Fiji Hill]

We are going to have a global depression (not recession) in the next two months if this keeps up much longer. How many restaurants, hotels, airlines, retail stores, etc can withstand a 50-100% drop in revenue for a few months? Hint: Not many. And you are talking 10+ million of jobs, and that’s not counting the domino effects (those losing their jobs stop spending, default on debt, stocks collapse to lower than 2009 etc)

The threat of a catastrophic depression brought on by all this media-driven hysteria scares me far more than does the virus.