Posted on 03/18/2020 6:23:29 AM PDT by Enlightened1
There is no story at your link.
If isolation Is not possible then slowing the spread is not possible so what is your point?
I wonder why we work so hard to keep it that way?
Your history is incomplete. The government tightened credit at the beginning of the GD. Then FDR's government control of everything lengthened the GD for a decade longer than it would have lasted. The reason we haven't had panics like before the GD, is a lot more informed populace and regulation. Not perfect but much better than it was.
You seriously dont get it.
A pragmatic hard working country. A healthy economy is vitally important to fighting disease and other natural disasters.
You're kidding, right? The reason there are so many people walking around with HIV now is because drugs were developed to keep them alive, before that happened the vast majority of them sickened and died.
See Fauci on Ingraham. The main reason is that there is significant mortality among healthy people (much higher than flu).
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The article this thread is based on proves Fauci wrong. Only 2 of the dead in Italy were healthy prior to contracting the virus.
I think the 21 year-old DID have leukemia symptoms. The article reporting his death said he had contracted COVID-19 while battling leukemia.
Do you believe President Trump? If not why?
I’ll forward your advice to my buddy. He in turn will tell his manufacturer who I’m sure will tell the shippers and thereby notify the drivers.
When people fear becoming unemployed they stop spending money. When people stop spending money, all the people that would have sold them goods and services can no longer do so.
Besides cutting back on entertainment spending, people will postpone buying new furniture and cars and everything else.
The thing about the economy is that every time a dollar is spent, it is earned by someone else. If people stop spending, somebody else’s income drops, and they in turn hold onto their money a bit tighter. This could spiral down into Great Depression levels of a slowed economy, and it took a long time to crawl our way out of that one.
Spot on. The damage to consumer confidence is staggering. We’ve never had an event like this. I suppose World War II curfews and rationing would be the closest thing.
A lot of my neighbors have homes with mortgages requiring two incomes. I am particularly concerned about the Housing sector. High umemployment = foreclosures = financial businesses failing = trillions more in bailouts for Wall Street.
Last night I was thinking the cost could be $5 trillion for shutting down the economy mid flight. We could looking at $10+ trillion by the time it is all done.
Get what? I understand cholera is a nasty disease. I also get were not shutting down society because of it.
Your best bet is for as many people to get WuFlu as quickly as possible while isolating yourself. Once the US has gained herd immunity (north of 60%) you will be much safer.
That is wrong on two counts. First because Chris37 and others would not be able to isolate away from the 60%. Second because 60% spread would be a disaster with the high mortality, about 10x greater than flu, among healthy and young people.
History will not be kind to this generation for a lot of reasons.
I’ve said for a month that it is not the virus I fear. It is the response.
Which state?
Most 7-11’s can barely handle 10 cars parking. What do you think will happen with tractor trailers?
Because we spend Billions treating drinking water. Ever wonder why we waste all that money?
That's incredibly unlikely. Goes against the experience elsewhere especially among medical workers who were mostly healthy.
You are ignoring the fact that 90% of the panic is fake. Some is real of course, based on real risk. But when that risk subsides in warmer weather the panic will subside too.
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