03-12-2020, 12:10 PM
(03-11-2020, 09:51 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(03-11-2020, 05:50 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: For the time being, there are few enough cases that known cases, and perhaps their contacts, can self quarantine. As the prevalence inevitably climbs, though, it will probably make more sense for the aged to self isolate. A lockdown that shuts down the economy would likely cause cause much more privation and death.
The entertainment industry and sports my have to take a year or two off. Both can involve large crowds and are entirely luxury. The NBA just announced a league wide suspension, and you have to wonder about Broadway and company. Disney parks are not doing well. Tom Hanks got the virus. Should new movie production be targeted? Should people not remodel? Should you not buy a new appliance if it is possible to continue using the old?
At what point does minimizing contact to prevent infection cause enough disruption to cause enough real damage to be not worth it. Can whole industries survive being suspended for the duration?
I have a feeling that in these early days the answers have not yet been thought out.
Pull out the old September 11 strategy of solving the crisis by going shopping?
The problem is, with the stock market tanking who can afford shopping for anything but necessities? I need to save money now. This is how these Great Devaluations happen.
Steve Barrera
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[A]lthough one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation. - Hagakure
Saecular Pages