[tatown]

I was cautiously optimistic that we could salvage a decent economy if things got rolling by Easter. Once Trump said April 30, any bit of optimism I held went out the window.

[frogjerk]

Yes because companies wont just start hiring people at the same level they had before. They will hire the minimum because they need to keep costs down until the cash starts flowing in.

Unemployment will be really high and will lag any businesses coming back online. Dems will start with the "worst economy since the Great Depression - do what FDR did" nonsense.

[david1292]

And they will push it even further than April 30. Don’t get your heart set on that date.

If we are going to peak in 2 weeks, we will be on the downside of the curve on April 30, but the virus will still be spreading. They will say we need another month to make sure to stop it from re-spiking back up.