Originally posted by SGalisa
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If we resume normal operations in a short period of time as some are suggesting, we will greatly increase the number of people infected with this, and with possible permanent lung damage, which you point out will be expensive to live with on a chronic basis that is something we must avoid. This virus almost seems as if it is designed to spread as easily as possible; it lives a long time on surfaces, has a long incubation period, etc. However, it seems to spread much more easily than others. The only way to slow or stop something like this is prolonged isolation.
If we go back to normal too soon, we are going to have a far worse problem to deal with as far as people's health and lives go.
On the other hand, the pressing force to open up soon is the stock market and such. Absolutely, a lot of money will be lost, and most of it by the small investor as he doesn't have the computer trading the rich players have and use to get their money out first. But to be blunt, the stock market has never been anything besides legalized gambling to begin with. If you gamble anywhere long enough, you will lose your shorts. And this particular game is rigged.
I'm more concerned with people dying and becoming permanently crippled with respiratory issues than with people who gambled their money and lost.
Yes, the economy will be damaged. But if we as a country have half the brains God promised a doorknob, we can recover quickly.
It should be becoming obvious that maybe we shouldn't be so dependent upon China for everything. What would be the economic effect of returning all the manufacturing that we've outsourced to China to the US? Maybe an economic boom even larger than the one we've enjoyed the past few years? Remember what WWII manufacturing did for the US economy back then.
If it does get to bomb shelter stage, I'm not worried about it at that point either. If it gets that far, it's game over anyway.
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