04-07-2020, 08:29 PM
(04-07-2020, 04:10 PM)David Horn Wrote:(04-07-2020, 03:42 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(04-06-2020, 08:02 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: Another fantasy is that enforced lockdowns will end soon. A month ago, they were thought to end in April or May with a "V-shaped recovery," but now the fantasy is that they'll end in May or June.
I think with widespread use of masks, businesses could be reopened, especially in the northern hemisphere where the weather is warming. Schools would need to remain closed and voluntary social distancing retained, of course.
Next fall and winter will be problematic, though.
I think this fiasco was allowed to get out of hand to the point that letting people back out to work and shop is a non-starter until testing is widespread and some viable therapy has been validated. Even the really well controlled areas are finding it hard to do by social management alone. If it doesn't happen in South Korea, don't expect it here.
Covid-19 isn't a flu virus, so summer, no good. The only thing that will stop it is to kill globalism. The virus has done lots of horrible things, but it was assisted full on by globalism. So, here it is, death, death to globalism is what covid19 is doing. That's a silver lining in my book. And if globalism doesn't die of this pathogen, then there's gonna be some more that are "just one airplane flight away". Masks? There are no masks to be found in the US, again, courtesy, globalism. No factories, no masks, simple as that. The fiasco mentioned above is a part of the Neoliberal thought process - profits over people. The health system works as designed. It's sole purpose is to generate profits. The matter of actually providing healthcare is a secondary consideration.
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