04-23-2020, 11:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-23-2020, 12:09 PM by John J. Xenakis.)
** 23-Apr-2020 World View: South Africa
Policymakers and in the US and elsewhere are living in a world of
fantasy on the virus issue. In this fantasy world, the "opening up"
of the US economy will bring about a complete recovery within a few
months.
When I write about this issue, I always try to remember to point out
that while this US recovery is going on, Covid is going to be burning
through countries in Africa, the Mideast, Asia, Central America, South
America and so forth. This is all going to spill over into the US,
and spoil the nice clean US "opening up" plan.
And yet, this issue is never mentioned by Trump's task force, or by
so-called reporters on CNN, MSNBC or Fox. In this fantasy world, the
US is still isolated from the rest of the world, and there is no
relationship between the virus in the US and the virus elsewhere.
This fantasy world is going to fall apart at some point, probably in
the fall, if not earlier.
As a separate issue, with oil prices crashing because there's no
storage space, it's hard to escape the feeling that some kind of
disastrous accident is in the making.
I also get the feeling that Africa is living in its own fantasy world
-- waiting for the hated Americans or the hated European colonists to
save them from Covid-19, instead of saving themselves. What's Julius
Malema's plan for saving Africa?
Here's an article that describes how bad the problem is:
-- Township lockdown: How South Africa’s poor bear the cost of
coronavirus
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/featu...bs-poverty
(New Humanitarian, 23-Apr-2020)
At any rate, I expect some sort of disaster to destroy these fantasy
worlds by the fall, or earlier.
richard5za Wrote:> Prior to this five-week stretch of 26.5 million initial jobless
> claims, there were already 7.1 million unemployed Americans as of
> March 13, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. When
> the figures are combined, it would equal more than 33 million
> unemployed, or a real unemployment rate of 20.6%—which would be
> the highest level since 1934. (Copied from Fortune) This is
> happening in the richest nation on this planet! What about us
> lesser souls?
Policymakers and in the US and elsewhere are living in a world of
fantasy on the virus issue. In this fantasy world, the "opening up"
of the US economy will bring about a complete recovery within a few
months.
When I write about this issue, I always try to remember to point out
that while this US recovery is going on, Covid is going to be burning
through countries in Africa, the Mideast, Asia, Central America, South
America and so forth. This is all going to spill over into the US,
and spoil the nice clean US "opening up" plan.
And yet, this issue is never mentioned by Trump's task force, or by
so-called reporters on CNN, MSNBC or Fox. In this fantasy world, the
US is still isolated from the rest of the world, and there is no
relationship between the virus in the US and the virus elsewhere.
This fantasy world is going to fall apart at some point, probably in
the fall, if not earlier.
As a separate issue, with oil prices crashing because there's no
storage space, it's hard to escape the feeling that some kind of
disastrous accident is in the making.
I also get the feeling that Africa is living in its own fantasy world
-- waiting for the hated Americans or the hated European colonists to
save them from Covid-19, instead of saving themselves. What's Julius
Malema's plan for saving Africa?
Here's an article that describes how bad the problem is:
-- Township lockdown: How South Africa’s poor bear the cost of
coronavirus
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/featu...bs-poverty
(New Humanitarian, 23-Apr-2020)
At any rate, I expect some sort of disaster to destroy these fantasy
worlds by the fall, or earlier.
