Posted on 04/13/2020 2:42:53 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said Monday that it would be "crazy" for the U.S. economy to be safely reopened in a matter of weeks.
In an interview with CNN, Krugman warned that the U.S. has not yet reduced the coronavirus's spread enough to warrant the reopening of the U.S. economy, adding that places such as Denmark and China that have begun to reopen some sectors of public life risk a resurgence of the virus.
"I think we're waiting to see whether places that seem to have the thing under control and start to try to return ... to normalcy, whether they have second-wave outbreaks," Krugman said, pointing to a recent second spike in cases in Singapore.
"The closest model we have is the influenza of 1918, 1919, where it turned out that places that were too eager to return to normal life paid the price," he added. "But one thing that we know for sure is that the United States is nowhere close to that point. So the idea that we can reopen in a matter of a few weeks is crazy."
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So says a man who has never once been correct in any of his prognostications ever in his life.
Yes. I think this is the opening bell, as far as I am concerned.
Might as well give him a Nobel prize for medicine too.
I think the headline should have stopped after “Crazy”.
When Paul Krugman speaks, do the opposite.
The Democrats want to drag this out as long as they can.
They are willing to destroy America if it means defeating President Trump in November.
Whew! I was thinking it may not be such a good idea to re-open freedom and re-instate the Constitution.
...because if we reopened the economy then Trump would win re-election...and that’d be crazy!
Rantings of a committed Marxist - bump for later...
Democrats are evil scum.
PK is still getting pad for spouting his BS. He doesn’t care about this country and its suffering people.
I think it’s genius how Trump has setup the Dems on this. The Dems are on record saying that only they have the power to decide whether to reopen the country. So Trump should let them make the decision. It will be interesting to see Cuomo burn NYC to the ground.
Now I am convinced we should open it tomorrow.
He may want to have a word with the governor’s of California, Oregon and Washington.
Thats enough for me, lets all go back to work now.
This is a good sign, but I’m waiting for Dick Morris to make a similar observation before I can be totally confident it’s time to reopen.
paid for spouting his BS
Paul would know a lot about crazy.
In my neck of the woods all the food stores, combo stores like Target, WalMart, Costco, Sams, and Garden/Hardware Stores like Home Depot and Lowes are open. Ditto for the corner Drug Stores like Walgreens. Banks and Gas Stations are all open. All the fast food joints are open with take out. Banks are open.
People going all over the place.
About the only places closed are Mom & Pop Stores and Manufacturing Plants.
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